Texas watermelons this year have high quality and high yields, according to the Texas Watermelon Association of McAllen, TX.
With multiple cuttings of the crop combined with hot weather shipments are expected to continue into October. Hot weathers translates to high consumer demand for watermelons, the association notes.
About half of Texas-grown watermelons stay in and around the Lone Star State. The remainder are mostly shipped to other parts of the country, with some TWA members targeting larger eastern markets, including New York, and western growth areas, such as Colorado. There, they compete with international imports from Mexico, which are redistributed nationwide.
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