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| | thedailytimes.com - Melon Magic - Dry weather may mean sweeter watermelons this year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | ALBANY, Ga. -- Cool temperatures and a lack of rain have slowed the growth of Georgia's $40 million watermelon crop, but the melons should recover by the Fourth of July and may be even sweeter than usual, experts say. |
 | | The nation's leading watermelon states are Florida, Texas, California, Georgia and Arizona, but the oblong, green fruit is also grown in 39 other states. |
 | | Once they reach a deal, muscular laborers toss the melons into refrigerated trucks for the journey north to supermarkets and fruit stands. |
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