My melon has a first name, it’s W-Y-A-T-T

fruit dolls, a photo by Sue-Yee Leung on Flickr. 

So, I’m looking at my watermelon. Like almost all fruits and vegetables sold in the US, it’s got a convenient barcode in the label; this one made me look twice though–“See where I came from: http://www.melontrace.com,” it touts. How can I resist its air of international mystery? I’ve never had a fruit be so open in sharing its origins with me before. This calls for more research, and this is what I discovered:

My little round guy is a Texan. Wyatt is a fine name for a melon.

Hello, my name is ____, a photo by Sue-Yee Leung on Flickr.

glass cased watermelon, a photo by Sue-Yee Leung on Flickr.

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Watermelon enclosed in a fancy glass merchandise case. Like a Barbie Mansion, except for cut fruit.

Night Supermarket, a photo by Sue-Yee Leung on Flickr.

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Snacktime: picking out watermelon at the supermarket in China.