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Edgefield Advertiser
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
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Unusually fine melon crop this year throughout Carolina and Georgia, with 85 cars of watermelons shipped from Blythe, Ga., netting growers $65 per car. Newberry county produced an 88-pound melon; Edgefield melons praised for quality and flavor.
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The melon crop has been unusually fine this year throughout Carolina and Georgia. During the past forty days something like 85 cars of watermelons have been shipped from the little town of Blythe, Ga., netting the growers about $65 per car. Some very fine melons have been grown in this county, but for the largest melon Newberry bears off the honors. A farmer in Newberry county grew one 88-pound watermelon and several that weighed 80 pounds. In the matter of superior quality and delicacy of flavor, Edgefield melons hold first place.
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Carolina And Georgia
Event Date
This Year
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85 cars shipped netting $65 per car; 88-pound watermelon grown in newberry county
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The melon crop has been unusually fine this year throughout Carolina and Georgia. During the past forty days something like 85 cars of watermelons have been shipped from Blythe, Ga. Some very fine melons grown in this county, largest in Newberry county at 88 pounds and several at 80 pounds. Edgefield melons superior in quality and flavor.