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Yellow field spot on watermelon key to choosing melon
Learn how to select perfectly ripe and sweet watermelons, cantaloupes and honeydews.
Fresh market is marketing success
AMARILLO, Texas – Willie Wieck’s farm in Etter, Texas, has a little bit of everything – wheat, cotton, seed maize, black-eyed peas, sunflowers, pumpkins, gourds, cantaloupes, watermelons, popcorn and sweet corn.
The best and worst of summer, through plants
The best of summer comes from the garden or a roadside produce stand; the worst lurks in our backyards. My favorite summer garden foods are watermelon, cantaloupe and sweet corn. Explorers introduced melons to North America in the 16th century. Watermelons originated in Africa; cantaloupes came from Persia. A perfect watermelon is ripe, sweet, and
LETTER: Farmers will do a better job than can-kicking politicians
Editor: Cowboys and business people can clearly explain how the “cow ate the cabbage.” They can explain how she ate it, and where she spit the seeds. Today our elite elected ones can’t generate an original or conclusive sentence. Listen to them defend themselves, interviews, press conferences. Try to understand what — if anything —
The Darr dash
NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio – This farm office is a flurry of activity. George Darr and his intern sit facing one another in the Sunset Acres second-floor farm office, dialing or answering the phone almost nonstop.
Can I get COVID-19 from eating fresh produce?
Food safety experts consider the risk of acquiring COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, through handling fresh produce extremely low.
How to pick the best melon
Not only are melons juicy and nutritious, but if you pick the right ones they are sweet and delicious, as well.
W.Va. produce records set in 2011
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three new records for unusually large fruits, vegetables and other plants were set in 2011, according to Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass. Records Glen Knox, of Wheeling, set two records: a 27.45-pound cantaloupe and a 3.9-pound tomato. Stephanie Joy Jack, of Buckhannon, went into the record book with a sunflower that grew
Learn to grow giant pumpkins
SALEM, Ohio — The Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers will hold its giant pumpkin growing seminar from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Millcreek Metro Parks McMahon Hall (one mile south of Canfield, Ohio, Route 46 across from the Canfield Fairgrounds). Registration To register call Parks Garden Center at 330- 533-7278. There is no charge
