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I can think of only two stores in my area that would sell organic watermelons. I will check out that strategy when possible. I definitely love a good watermelon. Nothing quite like it when it is peak season. I remember one small dark green melon I got at a roadside stand in New Jersey. I did not expect anything more than average, but it was perfect–texture, color, sweetness.
I am now going to give the side eye to those enormous bins of good-looking melons you see in Costco and similar places. They put a sticker on them that says “non-GMO,” and the subliminal message is that this is something fairly natural. But if these big specimens are so ubiquitous, I’m guessing they are using modern (bad) growing techniques–chemical pesticides and fertilizers.
I have been saying for years now that cantaloupes are not like they were when I was a kid. Back then, the melon rinds were clean on the outside, the melons ripened on a windowsill in the sun, and the flesh inside was sweet and tender-firm. Haven’t had anything close to that for decades.