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summer is almost over, but let’s be honest, people: summer ain’t summer unless you’ve had the chance to sink you’re teeth into some deliciously juicy watermelons. have you had your fix?
if you have, chances are you’ve probably noticed that these days a large watermelon is hard to find. no longer onhand are the full-sized oblong versions that usually require two picnicers—or partiers, whichever situation more aptly applies to you—to lug home. no, it seems the bigger-is-better adage no longer applies to the juicy stuff as farmers are focusing on growing a smaller, seedless hybrid to offer consumers.
dubbed personal melons, farmers believe that the six-pounders are the watermelons of the future. “most people, particularly the urban people, would rather have a small one,” says dr. terry kirkpatrick, professor of plant pathology at the university of arkansas. “with the big ones, you fill up all your tupperware containers and you’re still not done.”
“when i was growing up, the guys were always talking big melons,” said mr. bright, a retired biology teacher and school administrator who got into the big-melon game in 1973.
today, susan blew sells her small variety at new york greenmarkets and farmer’s market in the city. “people just like a sweet, little melon,” she says in regards to their popularity.
perhaps all this “melon” talk can be used as a metaphor for breasts, a sign of the—changing—times?
