Nothing beats a mouthful of this refreshing, juicy fruit, especially when facing these summertime temperatures. With its bold colored flesh, satisfying crunch and cool green shell, watermelons are a welcome treat on hot summer days.

Watermelon is part of the cucumber and squash family. Early watermelons were mainly rind and seeds. Today’s varieties are larger, the flesh sweeter, the seeds smaller and the rind thinner. It is perhaps the most refreshing, thirst quenching fruit of all. Watermelon consists of 92 percent water and 8 percent sugar, so it is aptly named. Americans eat ov...

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