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And You Thought "Body Snatchers" was Just a Movie
Hope, Arkansas is not just "the town where Bill was born." Turns out it is also the home of giagantor watermelons:
The watermelons sold to our customers weigh from 130 to 190 pounds. Larger watermelons are usually kept for competitions and for seeds. The variety that reaches the greatest size is the Carolina Cross and we have grown one as large as 260 pounds.
A watermelon that's literally bigger than my girl, the watermelon freak. Will my life ever be the same? Could this make Ellen actually consider moving to Arkansas?
Them Hope melons are for bragging, not for eating. The best Arkansas melons are grown at Cave City. I've seen grown people nearly fight over the last one of those.
Posted by: rita on March 3, 2004 11:05 AMTwice as big as your girl! In Little Rock we have to go to the farmer's market to get Hope melons and "home grown" tomatoes. Grocery stores here carry California tomatoes and watermelons.
Posted by: Pat Johnson on March 3, 2004 12:13 PMum...no
Posted by: Ellen on March 3, 2004 05:49 PM