Personal seedless watermelons

[Herb Stahlke]

I remember "mushmelon" from growing up in SE Michigan.  I haven't
heard it much since then.  Maybe all those German Russians I grew up
around sojourned in East Texas.  It's on the way from Ellis Island,
isn't it?

Herb

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> muskmelon
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> "Mushmillun," as we say in E TX, together with "wallamillun.".
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