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Saving The Sweetest Watermelon The South Has Ever Known
NPR ^ | 19 May 2015 | Jill Neimark

Posted on 05/19/2015 6:51:40 PM PDT by Theoria

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To: Bogey78O

I’ll have to try it again. I couldn’t get on to the site last week.


41 posted on 06/13/2015 2:31:34 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Theoria

Darnit! They’re out of seeds.


42 posted on 06/13/2015 3:14:59 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Theoria

Nice! Bookmarked the website to order seeds next fall.


43 posted on 06/13/2015 3:15:53 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Theoria

Not mentioned in the NPR piece but the Bradford family seem to be believing Christians. From the site:

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Our mission: To drill fresh water wells all over the world and provide medication to treat waterborne illnesses. My family and I prayed for guidance on how to use this family treasure in an amazing way that would bring God glory and have great impact in the world. One Sunday morning in church our pastor was sharing about a mission to drill fresh water wells in Africa. He shared a statistic that floored me. Every day around the world over 3000 people die of illnesses from poor drinking water, many of them are small children. That’s one person every 30 seconds. Most can be cured with a 30 cent pill. I imagined one of those grieving mothers losing her precious child. I imagined how painful it would be to lose one of my children that way. Unbearable. Unconscionable. That instant Watermelons for Water was conceived.

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44 posted on 06/13/2015 3:26:09 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Mollypitcher1

My mothers older brothers called watermelons Augedy melons, it was a family thing I guess.


45 posted on 06/13/2015 3:37:38 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Theoria

Darn it, now I want watermelon. When I purchase one in summer I eat that the whole thing myself over several days. Best food to cool off with.


46 posted on 06/13/2015 3:54:31 PM PDT by madison10
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To: greeneyes; JoeProBono
BTW, a big thank you, I'd never heard of the Bradford; the one I've been assiduously seeking for around ten years now is the Cob melon -- back when Leddon & Sons had a retail catalog, they used to carry the seeds (late 1980s). Never seen them since.
Cob melon

47 posted on 06/13/2015 4:04:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: betty boop; caww; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; MHGinTN; marron; DeweyCA; bert; xzins; metmom

please remove my name from this FReep list

bert


48 posted on 06/13/2015 5:05:19 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: bert

Why are you pinging me?

I don’t have you on any ping lists of mine.

I don’t recall the last time I pinged you for anything.


49 posted on 06/13/2015 5:13:58 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

YOU have good taste! As a kid in East Tennessee, we would eat watermelon under the Locust trees in Pawpaw’s yard, getting liquid all over our bare legs. Paw would tell us we were about ready for a dog bath ... in his childhood the dogs were allowed to lick the sticky juice from the kids.


50 posted on 06/13/2015 5:15:56 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: greeneyes

Gardening ping


51 posted on 06/13/2015 5:15:57 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: SunkenCiv


52 posted on 06/13/2015 5:21:59 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

My personal favorites, homegrown here, are black diamond, and the yellow-fleshed black diamond; I’ve always found the yellow-flesh watermelons to be much better tasting in general.


53 posted on 06/13/2015 6:39:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: bert

From GGG?


54 posted on 06/13/2015 6:40:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: MHGinTN

Good old days. Life has changed so much.


55 posted on 06/13/2015 9:30:40 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Lord God help us.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Oh you may not realize just how right you are! Most old men can tell you ...


56 posted on 06/13/2015 9:46:50 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: JJ_Folderol; Flick Lives; SunkenCiv; All

I don’t know if I saw it at FR or in an archaeology journal, but some 2,000 year old date seeds from the Israel area have been sprouted. Apparently this date was so delicious it was a major economic product of the Jewish areas, so the Roman’s systematically set about to destroy all traces of the plant. I so hope they will succeed in revitalizing the line.


57 posted on 06/14/2015 12:58:10 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: SunkenCiv

no, not from GGG

I got the wrong thread.

I do not want to receive the posts from the religion thread list


58 posted on 06/14/2015 4:11:09 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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59 posted on 06/14/2015 9:20:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: bert

No problem. I get mixed up when I have too many tabs open, myself. :’(


60 posted on 06/14/2015 9:22:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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