417621 Tue Jul 03 15:37:35 -0700 2007 4 18 Manhattan 0 2717508 I know, and understand, that SEEDLESS watermelons drastically cut down on watermelon messiness, but I hadn't realized that we have reached the point that it is no longer possible to obtain watermelons in their natural form-- SEEDED. I went to three delis, Gourmet Garage, Citerally, Jefferson Market, Gristedes, two fruit stands on the street and a D'agastino. I am not exaggerating. Not one of these markets sold watermelons with seeds in them. Please help! Is it possible to get SEEDED watermelons anywhere in this city?! Thanks! Tue Jul 03 15:37:35 -0700 2007 82426 jdream 1 2718267 Try the Union Square Greeenmarket, Trader Joe's or Fairway. I have purchased regular watermelon at a local Gristedes, but I can understand why a supermarket would stop carrying regular watermelon -- very few people prefer it to seedless. Still, in my experience, the very best watermelon I have every eaten was a regular watermelon. Tue Jul 03 20:57:48 -0700 2007 2717508 99325 batterypark 2 2718297 if you ever come across a farmer or fruit stand that has a klondike watermelon variety buy it. you will be eating one of god`s little treasures. they are so sweet but they are so crisp that you can`t ship them without them breaking. so You would have to get one from a local farmer. Tue Jul 03 21:19:38 -0700 2007 2718267 50491 bigjimbray 1 2742246 Add the Garden of Eden to this list -- there's one on West 23rd, and another on East 14th. Thu Jul 12 02:32:33 -0700 2007 2717508 111066 DJS 1 2743113 I truly don't understand the preference for seedless watermelon. They're almost always tasteless, pulpy, and disturbingly stringy. Is it really that much of an inconvenience to eat around the seeds and spit them out, as we all did happily for hundreds of years, that we need to be subjected to such a substandard product? I finally saw some seeded watermelons a few days ago at the Brooklyn Fairway and bought a couple of them. At 59 cents a pound they were more expensive than those seedless things, but oh-so-much better. Thu Jul 12 09:28:56 -0700 2007 2717508 13481 Woodside Al