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Show Biggest Watermelon. It was raised last senuon in Colorado. Ucrc is a monger agricultural wonder. won-der. It la the iccorii-breakin, watermelon water-melon of tho United Slates, and, In fact, tho largest ever grown. It w rain-0 in tho ltocky Foul region. 011 the in in of former Stto "enaior rlwenk. 1-.. Some idea of thu e uouiioiis uize i melon la gleaned from the lulliwiiit ilgures: It is nearly fly. feut in length, threo feet Inclrcumferencoand iteighh 356 pounds. Tho melon was not an Isolated Is-olated freak, but giant of a large patch grown for the market. Tho soil in tin ltocky Foul valley is naturally ndapled to the prolillc growth of tho melon, ami when aided by some special fertilizing agent Its productiveness is considerably increased, thoreby yielding aatonlbhii.ji results. |