Watermelon Facts & Haikus

It's summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime and here are a few watermelon facts followed by some watermelon haikus.

• Watermelon consists of 92% water and 8% sugar.
• Americans eat over 17 lbs of watermelon each year, Houstonist eats double that!
• The first recorded watermelon harvest occurred nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt.
• Watermelon's official name is Citrullus Lanatus of the botanical family Curcurbitaceae. It is cousins to cucumbers, pumpkins and squash.

Watermelon Haikus

Season's Peak
July is the peak
of watermelon season.
Be sure to enjoy!

The Description
Red, crunchy and cold.
The satisfying flavor
of a red, ripe one.

Memories
Front porch, summer day,
spitting seeds and sticky hands.
The thought takes me back.

Question
Why is this seedless?
How can a fruit reproduce?
Are seeds really bad?

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Watermelon photo provided by flickr user tompagenet through a Creative Commons license.