Watermelons hard to be sold, but to spoil

A seller eats a slice of watermelon on June 8, 2011, in Nantong Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in Fujian province’s capital Fuzhou. Reports of bursting watermelons caused by the use of growth chemicals in Jiangsu province haunted Chinese melon farmers who had hoped to grab good profits after big harvests. [Photo/CFP]

A farmer sits in a watermelon storeroom on June 8, 2011, in Longtian county’s watermelon planting base in Fujian province’s Fuqing city. Reports of bursting watermelons caused by the use of growth chemicals in Jiangsu province haunted Chinese melon farmers who had hoped to grab good profits after big harvests. [Photo/CFP]