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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Watermelon and Cantaloupe

Summer here in Mississippi is too humid, steamy hot, muggy, scorching and blistering. I can use these words over and over again to justify that the warm weather here is like the HOLY WEEK weather in the Philippines. That is why on this day, we are in the mood of buying watermelon fresh from the farm. We found this farm in Grand Bay, Alabama which is famous with water melon farm land. We travel about 30 minutes just to find this place.
the farm
this cost $5 to $10 each
I really do not know which is sweeter but, we just bought 2 varieties.
The location of this area is along the busy street so, people are stopping to buy for family consumption and buy loads to resale them.
We were able to buy worth $9 for two big water melons and three cantaloupe. That is a good deal for me.
When we sliced the water melon, we were amazed to see a Yellow variety which they call Yellow Crimson Watermelon. That was my first time to see a yellow flesh and I was so amazed.
This cantaloupe is 3 for $5 and my sister in law bought 3 and a basket of peaches which was $12.
What is summer without these thirst-quenching fruits right?
According to Wikipedia, there are more than 1200 varieties of watermelon with flesh that are red, white, yellow and orange. I have no idea that there are yellow flesh, i thought all watermelons are red. Now, white and orange? Hmmm...got to find them. For watermelon health benefit, click this link.{HERE}.
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8 comments:

  1. katherineJuly 2, 2009 at 11:32 PM

    ahak, unsa mana kadako nga $5 to $10 man ang watermellon..diri kay 30 to 40 pesos ang bu-ok hahaha. ang cantalope kay 10 pesos ang buok..hehe

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  2. BengJuly 3, 2009 at 4:28 AM

    grabe ang mahal na noh pag converted to peso! ang daming varieties dyan, katuwa c",)

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  3. imeldaJuly 3, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    when i was ther i never dared to compute lol, breakfast at 15 usd if computed is already a whole days food consumption of my family of 5, inclding helper.i cant eat if i always compute, lol.

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  4. my katiebugJuly 3, 2009 at 10:13 PM

    have a happy 4th, my dear! enjoy the fireworks and be safe... :)

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  5. CecileJuly 4, 2009 at 1:45 AM

    kalami anang watermelon uy, na labi na cantaloupe :-); barato diay fruits diha, Ams.

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  6. nutsJuly 6, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    ooooohhhh, wow naman fresh fruits right from the farm.. $5 to $10 each for watermelon? you earn dollar and you buy dollar talaga. Here, you can buy only $2, or sometimes $1 pag season talaga.

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  7. CarmsJuly 11, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    they look good ate amy and sure na nutritious pa gyud yummy Take care ate amy

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  8. mommy Orkid BelleJuly 18, 2009 at 5:45 PM

    My goodness! that looks so good. I love watermelon. WE didn't get to plant watermelons this year since we had bad experience last year. Maybe next time we will. I love the black diamond watermelons coz they are really sweet! thanks for sharing all of your wonderful photos, girl Amy!

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