Dr. David Teplitzky with his seedless melons. " I knew Australians would love the idea."Remember as children sitting in the gutter, eating watermelon and spitting the seeds at each other? According to Dr. David Teplitzky it is those seeds that give most a

Dr. David Teplitzky with his seedless melons. " I knew Australians would love the idea."Remember as children sitting in the gutter, eating watermelon and spitting the seeds at each other? According to Dr. David Teplitzky it is those seeds that give most adult consumers the pip.So Dr. Teplitzky, a biochemical engineer from Sydney, decided to develop Australia's first seedless watermelon.His company, Melon Partners, expects to supply Sydney fruit shops with the first of their "Supa" seedless melons this summer. December 03, 1989. (Photo by Antonin Cermak/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).