January 23, 2006

Seedless Watermelon Produced by Student (Apr, 1939)

Filed under: Kitchen, Origins, Useful — @ 11:08 pm
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1939
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Seedless Watermelon Produced by Student

Watermelons without seeds are produced by chemical treatment of watermelon blossoms, in a process perfected by Cheong Yin Wong, graduate student at Michigan State College, East Lansing. In the photograph, Wong holds a piece of seedless melon in his right hand.

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  1. I’m sure it’s just the quality of the black and white picture there, but that watermelon looks quite unappetizing.

    Comment by Anne — April 7, 2008 @ 12:47 pm

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