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ANOTHER WORLD'S RECORD
WATERMELON!
The World's Largest
Watermelon at 268.8 pounds. |
The Lloyd Bright
family grew 2 world record breaking watermelons
this summer. Saturday, September 3rd, a
melon was weighed at 268.8 pounds at the Hope
Farm Store. This melon is registered in
Lloyd Bright's name. On Monday, August
29th, a watermelon grown in the same field,
registered in the names of Pat Bright Rhodes and
Barbara Bright Jones, captured the world's title
for heaviest melon weighing 262.6 pounds.
That melon broke the record of a 262 pound
watermelon grown by a Tennessee man. The
Bright family set world records in melon size in
1979 with a 200 pound melon and in 1985 with one
that weighed 260 pounds. Lloyd Bright says
the dry summer has made conditions ideal for
growing the huge watermelons. Visit the
Bright Family website
giantwatermelons.com for the history of big
melon growing in Hope.
Click here for more pictures of the world's
largest watermelon!
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HOPE'S GIANT WATERMELON
HERITAGE
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Here is a list of all the Hope
world record watermelons after the city took over the
watermelon growing contest and started promoting it
nationwide.
1925 - 136 pounds
Hugh Laseter
1926 - 143 1/4 pounds
Edgar Laseter
1927 - 144 pounds
Arthur Powell
1928 - 144 3/4 pounds
Henry S. Dudley
1929 - 152 1/2 pounds
Edgar Laseter
1930 - 160 3/4 pounds
A.B. Turner
1930 - 164 3/4 pounds
O.D. Middlebrooks
1935 - 195 pounds
Arnold, Melvin and O.D.
Middlebrooks
1979 - 200 pounds
Ivan and Lloyd Bright
1985 - 260 pounds
Jason L. Bright
2005 - 268.8 pounds
Lloyd Bright
In most places after a large watermelon is grown, it is
the grower that is challenged by other growers. In Hope,
most consider the town to be challenged when a record
watermelon is grown from outside. That first happened
in 1930 when Mr. Turner's record watermelon was defeated
by an out-of-town watermelon. Growers in other areas
haven't received the support like the contest growers in
Hope. For watermelon contests, Hope is unique.
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You'll find these pictures
and more at
giantwatermelons.com. |
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