1979 World Record Watermelon Grown by Ivan & Lloyd Bright

1985 World Record Watermelon Grown by Jason L. Bright

2005 World Record Watermelon Grown by Lloyd Bright

1979 World Record Watermelon Grown by Ivan & Lloyd Bright

1985 World Record Watermelon Grown by Jason L. Bright

2005 World Record Watermelon Grown by Lloyd Bright


We sell seeds to gardeners  who have an interest in growing large watermelons and cantaloupes.  These seeds are from melons we have grown from proven genetic seed lines collected over the past thirty-four years. Gardeners can use the "click here" button in this section to view the listing of all available seeds. The seed order form can be  printed for mailing and the form also lists an e-mail address  for electronic ordering through PayPal.

We also grow giant watermelons to sell on the local big melon market. This  market for big watermelons began locally in the early 1900’s  when the area was a major shipping site for boxcar loads of regular watermelons from spurs at Emmet, Prescott, and Hope, Arkansas. Shippers located customers for the one hundred plus pound watermelons during the off-season and then shipped the big melons in individual crates by rail during the melon season. The large watermelons  helped shippers in promoting their regular size shipping melons.

Click here to view seed order form for 2009

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Where to Buy Giant Watermelons in Hope, Arkansas
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Hope Watermelon Festival

 

Dos Loco Gringos, I-30 next to Holiday Inn Express

Hope Watermelon Festival

 

Dos Loco Gringos, I-30 next to Holiday Inn Express

One  Hundred Years of Large Watermelons
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Early 1900's - Shipping Watermelons by Rail

 

1906 - Peddling Watermelons

Early 1900's - Shipping Watermelons by Rail

 

1906 - Peddling Watermelons

1917-1925 - Gibson Contest Years

 

1925 - John S. Gibson, Originator of Hope's First Watermelon Growing Contest

1917-1925 - Gibson Contest Years

 

1925 - John S. Gibson, Originator of Hope's First Watermelon Growing Contest

1926 - Entry in Hope's First Watermelon Festival Parade

 

1927 - Entry in the 1927 Parade

1926 - Entry in Hope's First Watermelon Festival Parade

 

1927 - Entry in the 1927 Parade

1927 - Runner Up to Winning Watermelon

 

1929 - Hoyt and Cecil Laseter

1927 - Runner Up to Winning Watermelon

 

1929 - Hoyt and Cecil Laseter

1930 - A.B. Turner &

 

1935 - World Record Watermelon for 44 Years

1930 - A.B. Turner & "Jumbo"

 

1935 - World Record Watermelon for 44 Years

World War II - Italy