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  2. Hempstead, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Hempstead is famous for its watermelon crop, and until the 1940s, the town was the top shipper of watermelons in the United States. Billy DiIorio was known as the Watermelon King and Angelina DiIorio was known as the Watermelon Queen. Both resided in Hempstead. The town holds an annual Watermelon Festival in July. [9]

  3. Watermelon - Wikipedia

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    Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. A scrambling and trailing vine -like plant, it is a highly cultivated fruit worldwide, with more than 1,000 varieties .

  4. List of U.S. state foods - Wikipedia

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    Texas [notes 6] State dish: Chili: 1977 [105] State fruit: Texas red grapefruit: 1993 [105] State pepper: Jalapeño: 1995 [105] State native pepper: Chiltepin: 1997 [105] State vegetable: Sweet onion: 1997 [105] State health nut: Native pecan: 2001 [105] State snack: Tortilla chips and salsa: 2003 [105] State bread: Pan de campo: 2005 [105 ...

  5. What-A-Melon! - AOL

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    Watermelon is a Take the fruit beyond a sliced up snack and transform it into an irresistible dessert, a refreshing beverage, or even a fresh salad. What-A-Melon!

  6. Agriculture in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters. It is currently headed by Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller , a Republican, who was reelected to a 3rd term in 2022.

  7. People are reporting that their watermelons are exploding ...

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    Even if these watermelons aren't actually fermenting, Dr. Steve Reiners, a professor of horticulture in the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell, says a “bacterial or fungal/mold ...

  8. Mount Vernon, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The county's economy was based in agriculture with corn and cotton, followed by over 500,000 peach trees in production in the 1920s, watermelons in the 1930s, and the state's top record production of cane syrup in the 1940s. The 1936 discovery of oil on C.G. Hughes' land in the north part of the county led to a more diversified economy, with ...

  9. You've Been Eating These Fruits All Wrong - AOL

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    You are seriously wasting your time slaving over slices of kiwi, mango, oranges, strawberries and even watermelon, and you probably don't even know it. Don't try to cut kiwi into slices!