Are Watermelons white on the inside before they are cut?

Subject: Are Watermelons white on the inside before they are cut?

Date: Sun Feb 1 08:02:14 2004
Posted by Tenzin
Grade level: undergrad School: GMU
City: chevy chase State/Province: Washington DC Country: USA
Area of science: Botany
ID: 1075644134.Bt

Message:


I have heard that watermelons are white on the inside before they are cut. The 
change of color from white to red is a result of air (oxygen) entering the 
melon. Is that true? Does this mechanism function like blood which is red due 
to oxygen?

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