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Hope Watermelon

Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas

Arkansas's chief melon center, in the vicinity of Hope, leads the nation in production of big melons. The melon pictured here was grown by Oscar Middlebrooks, weighed 195 pounds and was sent to the President of the United States.