how does one choose a ripe cantaloupe?

Answer 1

by pressing the ends, it should give in, by smelling it, it should be aromatic, by shaking it, you should hear some of the juice and seeds in the cavity

Answer 2

"The ripeness of cantaloupes and honeydews can be determined in four ways:

1. The best thing you can do is smell. This doesn't apply for watermelons. Watermelons are described below. As for cantaloupe: don't look, don't touch, just smell. Ripe cantaloupe smells very sweet and nice. Sniffing out the most aromatic one is the smartest way to pick a cantaloupe or honeydew.
2. Thump test: hold your dominant hand as if ready to knock on a door. Deliver two or three good thumps to the round side of a melon. The sound should be deep and thick, indicating a dense, full fruit. A higher hollow sound can mean unripeness.
3. If a honeydew is beige-skinned with distinct green veins it's probably not ripe yet. If it has a pale yellow color with bright, lemon-colored areas you probably have found a good one.
Cantaloupes are unripe when the skin beneath the textured "web" is green. Cantaloupes are ripe when orange or gold.
4. Another mark of desirability is a patch that's slightly flat and bleached in color. Melons that develop on the vine flatten under their own weight, and lose color where they sit on hot soil. In general, stem ends should be moist, not moldy. A good melon is firm, but not rock hard. It yields very slightly to pressure but has no soft spots.
5. Ripe cantaloupes rattle only occasionally, so it's an unreliable indicator.

To determine ripeness of cantaloupes and honeydews in order to pick them from the plant, the following indices of maturity are known:
Grasp it firmly, give a tug and a twist. If it falls easily off the vine into your hand, it's ripe."

Answer 3

It should smell like a ripe cantaloupe.

Answer 4

thumb it if it sound hollow and then smell it does it smell sweet then it is ripe depending on type of cantaloupe you want an orangey one

Answer 5

Thump it on your head. If you hear a hollow sound, it's not the cantaloupe.

Answer 6

Ask it, "Yo cant, ripe or no ripe?" If it doesn't say anything then buy it. If it answers you, best go check magazine section.

Answer 7

look for a "full slip" where the melon has come cleanly, naturally off the vine also look for a lot of webbing or netting in the skin. the webbing signifies sugar content so the more webbing the sweeter the melon

Answer 8

actually you sniff the " butt " of the cantaloupe . It should smell sweet .

thumping works on watermelons . squeezing for tomatos and peaches .

Answer 9

Smell and thump! It should smell melony, and be firm! Thump
with thumb and forefinger, like you would a younger sibling!
Happy hunting and may enjoy you enjoy the fruits of your labors!
Smiles,
MPBB

Answer 10

Shake it, if it sounds sloshy inside, it's ripe.