And the best watermelons were the yellow ones that we used to buy off of trucks in Hollywood in the 70s. Trucks would drive up from Imperial Valley with fresh melons. The best I ever had. Until the filthy tax pigs shut it down.
Before air conditioning Houston had even downtown big watermelon lots with a giant tent for shade where the cars would pull in and eat iced watermelon and cool down for a while that was a heavenly experience for little kids.
It used to be that anyone handling watermelons, including the supermarket produce guy would pull out his slender bladed knife and core a watermelon for the customer to taste before purchase.