The late spring rains cut into the Black Diamond harvest around Luling this year, but there will be plenty of ripe watermelons for the seed-spitting contests this weekend (kids, adults and team ...

Watermelons and summertime are synonymous with memories for most of us in Arkansas. By late July, farmers began checking under the dark green vines, watching as the big melons rapidly expand and ripen ...

VALLEY, Neb. (WOWT) - A million watermelons, give or take a few. From bloom, harvest and hauled, washed and measured. “Bigger is better,” said Tyler Nelson, who along with his wife Pam owns and runs ...

The peak season for many of Arkansas' summer vegetables and fruits has come and gone, but one of the most popular summer staples -- the watermelon -- is not done yet. This week, the city of Hope will ...

It was not enough for Rodney Emory of Hickory Grove to order watermelon seeds from Hope, Ark., the place that grew the world record Carolina Cross watermelon of 268.8 pounds two years ago. Emory grew ...