MARKETING: DELAWARE WATERMELON GROWERS GUIDE
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Delaware & Maryland Watermelon Growers Guide |
Each year, from July through September, Maryland and Delaware growers
are proud to produce the highest-quality seed and seedless red and yellow
watermelons. The Maryland-
Delaware Watermelon Association is a chapter in the National Watermelon
Association, with approximately 50 members. The mission of the Association
is to increase consumer demand of
watermelons in the region as well as to promote healthier lifestyles and
increase
consumer awareness of the watermelon industry.
Maryland and Delaware are blessed with a climate of moderate temperatures
and soils perfect for growing great tasting melons. Located in the heart
of the Mid-Atlantic regions, our produce is within one day's hauling distance
to markets from Florida to
Canada.
Did You Know . . .
Delaware and Maryland together produced 211.1 million pounds of watermelons
in 2002 for a total value of $19.9 million dollars in sales. (National
Agriculture Statistics Service 01/03)
For more information about watermelons, please contact the growers listed
below.
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H.
Wayne Givens & Sons Hales
Farms, Inc. Harcum,
Ralph King
Farms Lakeside
Farms, Inc. Quantum
Farm Reid
Grove Melons Bennett,
Bruce Bennett,
Stanley Conaway,
Gary Cooper,
Barry Cornerstone
Farms, Inc. D.
C. Farms, Inc. David
Marvel Farms DMC
Farms, Inc. Dosse
Givens Inc. Evans,
Brian Gordy,
Mark Gordy,
Martin Goslee,
James Lee Guy
Farms H
& H Brand Farms, Inc. H
& V Farms, Inc., Rider
Farms Robinson
Farms Southern
Delaware Truck Growers Association Venture
Manor Farms Vincent
Farms Wharton
Farms Williamson,
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For More Information Please Contact: Amanda Brown,
Marketing Specialist - amanda.brown@state.de.us
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