Oregon Short Line Wrote:
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> I bought one a few days ago expecting it not to be
> very sweet. Sure enough, it isn’t as sweet as the
> ones I bought in mid summer grown elsewhere. Why
> are Hermiston melons bland and did the U.P. haul
> melons in their now defunct reefer business?
The famous sweetness of Hermiston Watermelons has to do with the Diurnal Effect. Hot days and cool nights. Maybe these conditions did not obtain as per usual this year.
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