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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1994
Page
11
A playful, fact filled note on watermelons describing them as a fruit with vegetable status, their ancient origins in southern Africa and Egypt, spread by colonists, today top producers in Turkey and China, hand harvest, grown in 44 states, and a world seed spitting record of 66 feet 11 inches held by Jack Dietz.
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