Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. seedless watermelon slices - Tanabora/Shutterstock GMOs are wildly controversial, and it's easy to see why. Even though they've ...

As August 3 is National Watermelon Day, let’s take a look at how the seedless variety is cultivated. Seedless watermelons first came onto the market more than half a century ago. To say that they are ...

Many people think of the seedless watermelons popping up at grocery stores and markets everywhere in the last few years as a marvel of modern scientific technology. In fact, more than 60 percent of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- According to the Watermelon Board and the Michigan State University Extension, watermelon breeders cross two different types of watermelon plants. They take the standard ...

Can you imagine a Fourth of July celebration without a cool and refreshing watermelon? It’s the quintessential American fruit. At least I think so. And it’s packed with nutrients too. But I have been ...

Fellow southerners, I need to rally some support. Ten years ago, when the seedless watermelon trend began, I took a produce stand. Settle down, y'all, I didn't steal anyone's plywood table and fruit ...

I’ve long held a controversial opinion that goes against science, and now is the season to come clean about it: Watermelons aren’t as good as they used to be. Sure, every summer you might find one or ...

Watermelon seeds are an icon of summer, but maybe not for much longer. Plant scientist Tracy Kahn of the University of California-Riverside talks about the emergence of seedless fruit. Spitting ...

In 1995, Jason Schayot set the world record for spitting a watermelon seed when he shot his tiny black bullet a whopping 75 feet, 2 inches, almost a quarter of a football field. It's a record that ...