1.   Among the netted Western melons, the cantaloupe is highly perfumed with firm flesh and a sweet, musky flavor.

2.   Buy fish with clear, bright eyes and firm flesh.

3.   Firm flesh, usually marinated with herbs.

4.   Large, succulent morsels of firm flesh, curving gently, pink and white.

5.   Many of these are clingstone peaches, which have very firm flesh that clings tenaciously to the pit.

6.   Swordfish is a good candidate for fondue, owing to its firm flesh.

7.   The fish is extremely meaty, with firm snowy flesh of uncommonly satiny succulence and a sweet, mild flavor.

8.   The Haden is rather round with firm orange flesh and yellow-orange skin suffused with a crimson blush when ripe.

9.   The Santa Claus has a fairly firm flesh, and is crisp, juicy and mildly sweet.

10.   To select a young vegetable, choose an eggplant that is rich purple in color with a firm flesh.