These are Pepquiño, the tiniest known "watermelon" and are grown in South America.
As a matter of fact, they are actually not watermelons. According to Nicolas Mazard, the manager of the American arm of the Dutch company Koppert Cress, which grows and markets the Pepquiño, it is the fruit of an ancient South American plant that is similar to a cucumber (cucumbers and melons belong to the same plant family).
The Pepquiños are crunchy on the outside, although the skin was thin enough to be thoroughly edible. The small, tender seeds inside made the center a little squishy, but in a pleasant way - something like the juicy burst you’d experience eating a cherry tomato or a grape. The flavor was very similar to a cucumber, but had a little bit of sourness and a slight sweetness.
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