Tag: Fruit

The Definitive Secret to Selecting the Best Watermelons

Do you know what the definition of a “truck” was before automobiles and vehicles were ever invented? Thanks to our Grandpa Jack Dennis, I know a thing or two about that…and watermelons. (I’ll reveal the truck definition below). Some of my favorite childhood memories are the summer time get togethers at Grandpa and Grandma’s Petaluma…

The Shrewd 11-year-old Who Wouldn’t Negotiate With Elvis Presley

Eleven-year-old Sterling Smith was keen at being idle and solemn about his watermelon business. Those two qualities worked together for the young boy during the hot Mississippi summer of 1973 when he noticed four cars parading toward his watermelon stand on Highway 51 going northbound one scalding afternoon. “I would play a game with myself…