Title: Time is ripe to buy Texas watermelons
Headings: Time is ripe to buy Texas watermelons
Time is ripe to buy Texas watermelons
A ripe time to buy Texas watermelons

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Texas is one of the largest watermelon-producing states, with growers sprinkled around the state. In 2009, Texas growers planted almost 21,000 acres of the fruit and produced almost $48 million in watermelon receipts. That production was the fourth highest in the nation behind Florida, Georgia and California. Richard Janek, who farms and ranches outside of Floresville, said this year's watermelon crop is one of the best he's seen. "Really juicy, really sweet and the right size," he said. But he, too, is worried about selling his crop because so much more is available from other growers. "If you get them sold, you're lucky as heck," Janek said. " It doesn't matter which broker you talk to. There's just too many watermelons."