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Same technique as for other watermelons; The tendril where the melon attaches to the vine dries up, the underdide of the melon chenges color, become more white in this case, more yellow for the the green skinned ones. The dewy look (frost) disapears, and the melons when thumped have a more hollow sound.
Whoa. If you have seeds for the original "Ice Cream" I come begging. I last grew it 40 years ago. It was a large long white melon like the Charleston Grey but much larger. Red flesh tho.
I'm kind of confused about the tendril thing...we've picked melons before, with the stems still green, only to find that the melon is way overripe. The only way I've been able to tell (somewhat accurately) is the rind changing colors underneath. This has been for all four varieties we've grown--2 last year, and 4 this year. Are they getting too much water, maybe?
Now you got me thinking of what I have,LOL. I'm going over to see the Person that gave me the seeds and make sure, in a day or so, I just assumed it is a round white fleshed melon. He has a Heirloom seed business that he runs at home and on the internet.
If he doesn't have the one your looking for, I'll bet he knows were you can get it.
