Thanks ,I'll also use that method!
"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
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brickled said:

the thump trumps all though - regardless of the tendril's condition and
regardless of the color of the underside of the melon, if it passes the
thump test it's almost always ripe.

One more thing, other than the color of the bottom, the tendril, and
thumping.
The 'feel' of the watermelon changes. If you grasp the top of the
watermelon
and drag your fingers across it, you get the impression of a subtle
'ropiness'
in the rind in ripe melons. (This is one of the things I check if I buy a
watermelon at the market -- where it's often hard to listen to a thump.)

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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

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