“Melons that can stand the shipping just don't have the same flavor,”
John Mills
“Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try”
Claude Mermet
“Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers”
African Proverb
“The nectarine, and curious peach, / Into my hands themselves do reach; / Stumbling on melons, as I pass, / Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
Andrew Marvell
“Unless you're Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon), dying is the only thing that guarantees a rock star will have a legacy that stretches beyond temporary relevance,”
Chuck Klosterman
“Last week, two watermelon growers called me describing a silvery-whitish cast to the crowns of the melons, that ran along the row. When I inspected the fields, I could see no signs of any disease that would cause a problem like this.”
Tim Baker
“Higher farm prices enabled vegetable and melon growers to post the record revenues as overall production declined 11 percent.”
Mark Hudson
