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["Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>]

Steve wrote: "One thing I always noticed though is that it was like someone
> turned off a switch on September 1st. Melons harvested in August were
> sweet and good. After September 1st any remaining melons were quickly
> loosing sweetness and soon were not worth eating."


That reminds me of blackberries in England.  The myth is that the Devil 
spits on the blackberries on a certain day and they aren't fit to eat after 
that.  I was told this one hot (for England) droughty summer when I kept on 
picking blackberries after the deadline, I think it was Sept 1st.  The next 
year they suddenly went moldy about that time.  Donna