My Maternal Grandmother's family reunion is held over close to West Shiloh. I had a Great Uncle that grew big melons and I looked forward to going e dry year to see the big ones he'd raised and he would always send the biggest home with me. Largest was an 80 pounder. I had a grower down in Mississippi always hook me up with 35 to 45 pounders for the 4th at the stores. I would get about 500 from him. I kept a running total one year and I personally touched a little over 17,000 one year. Once was offered a job as a buyer for a wholesaler. Plastic and irravation has really screwed things up. There once was an easy method of keeping up with the harvest but now so many states come off at the same time trying to capture the 4th market.
