Smudgy, dirty spots may indicate insects. Choose heads heavy for size. Avoid cabbage with worm holes, lettuce with discoloration or soft rot. Choose long, slender cucumbers for best quality. May be dark or medium green.
Yellowed cucumbers are undesirable.
In cantaloupes, thick close netting on the rind indicates best quality. Cantaloupes are ripe when the stem scar is smooth and space between the netting is yellow or yellow green. They are best when fully ripe with fruity odor. Honeydews are ripe when rind has creamy to yellowish color and velvety texture. Immature honeydews are whitish green.