A yellow watermelon half on a pile of whole watermelons.
How To Find (And Choose) The Best Yellow Watermelon

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By JULIA MULLANEY
Watermelons stacked on top of each other.
When you think of watermelon, you likely picture a bright green rind with a red center, but surprisingly, there is another type you can enjoy: yellow watermelon.
Whole and halved yellow watermelons against a white background.
Yellow watermelon has roots in Africa, making its first appearance around 5,000 years ago, but it's not widely available and is slightly sweeter than its red counterpart.
A hand holding a slice of yellow watermelon.
Specialty grocery stores with large produce sections are likely to carry this fruit, and even Trader Joe's tends to stock it during the summer months.
A closeup of a yellow watermelon slice.
To find the best watermelon, you can use the same trick for yellow that you would for red watermelons: Check for its “field spot,” or yellow belly.
A field spot on a watermelon.
A field spot is a discolored part of the melon that rested on the ground while it was growing. If the spot is large and yellow instead of small and white, then the melon is ripe.