Are melons good yet?

[Anonymous]

Have you found good, sweet fresh cantaloupe or watermelon yet this season, or is it still too early? And if you have, where?

[Anonymous]

It’s much too early for melons, you’ll probably need to wait until June before they are ripe in southern Florida and closer to August before you find anything local.

[Anonymous]

I bought a decent watermelon at Wegmans yesterday. Not the best but definitely edible.

[Anonymous]

Two weeks ago my watermelon from Costco tasted fine, but had an odd, firm texture. I got another one last week from Costco, and it was delicious.

[Anonymous]

My farmer’s market has them. Greenhouse grown though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bought a decent watermelon at Wegmans yesterday. Not the best but definitely edible.

+1 small watermelon from Giant was good.

[Anonymous]

Just had a personal watermelon. Not summer ripe but still good/sweet. And cost a lot more than it would in summer.

[Anonymous]

Just bought a very juicy, very delicious cantaloupe from Kroger.

[Anonymous]

Nope, got cantaloupe at Sam’s club on 2 separate occasions and they were gross. I let them sit on the counter for 2 days and still hard as a rock and absolutely not flavor whatsoever. Tossed. Want a waste. I will wait for Summee.

[Anonymous]

No way. Even July 4th is pushing it if you want local some years.

[Anonymous]

No. And in this country, even when they're ripe, they still don't taste great. Same for apricots. These are the two fruits I miss from my home country of France. I get a better overall variety of fruits here, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope, got cantaloupe at Sam’s club on 2 separate occasions and they were gross. I let them sit on the counter for 2 days and still hard as a rock and absolutely not flavor whatsoever. Tossed. Want a waste. I will wait for Summee.

Fun fact: cantaloupes won’t ripen much after they are removed from the vine, so it’s important to pick a good looking one before you buy it

[Anonymous]

My sone begged me for watermelon so I bought 1 for the past 2 weeks at Giant against my better judgement. They were not quite perfect, but close.

[Anonymous]

My dh got a mini watermelon at Safeway a few days ago that was the best watermelon I have ever tasted.

[Anonymous]

If the label says somewhere in South America or greenhouse grown it should be ripe, otherwise it’ll have been in cold storage all year and be pretty tasteless.