Wednesday, 18. August 2004
Topic: NATURE - on August 18, 2004 at 10:20:00 PM CEST
Alaska man grows record-breaking cantaloupe
A Palmer man has done the impossible in any other Alaska summer: growing a record-breaking cantaloupe, a fruit that craves heat and founders in rain.
In a season marked by hotter and dryer weather than usual, Scott Robb has produced a 64.8-pound muskmelon — an unofficial world record. He plans to enter the colossal fruit in the Alaska State Fair in Palmer next week.
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