Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-17 | Page 1 | Egypt Boasts of 110-Lb. Watermelon

EGYPT BOASTS OF 110-LB. WATERMELON WASHINGTON. Feb 1". One hundred hun-dred and ten pound watermelons' They have 'em In Egypt. Consular reports say io aJid consuls never err. But they keep "cm all at home. There Is no export business. The consul at Alexandria noted the melons In the market there, "all weighing from 10 to 110 pounds and varying In price from 30 cents to $l.o0." He also noted that thoy had been given funny names. such as "Rattlkh" and "N'lme" and "Yaf-fawl" "Yaf-fawl" and that only two melons gTow to the plant