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Volunteer watermelon

 Edwin Billups of Cobbs Creek came across unexpected bounty in his yard, when this volunteer watermelon sprouted from a seed that had been inadvertently left there. The watermelon was 21½ inches long and weighed 31 pounds. The plant came up all by itself—“no fertilizer, no nothing”—and a couple more watermelons are on the way. ...

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