Earl Dyer Ricou photograph published in the Stuart News (26 May 1955) under headline reading "County's Watermelon Production Total Passes Half Million." Caption included with photo reads " 'So Sweet, So Firm, So Little Rind,' They Top Market. Martin County watermelons are bringing a premium because of quality. 'Bill' Owens (left) shows County Agent L. M. Johnson a beauty while Jimmie Odum (right), who came in with some of the earliest production, displays a giant Congo."
"There is nothing better - Stuart watermelons." Cut watermelon on table with dish.
Presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (p. 121) as "3702 Water Melon (Tucker's in Studio), HEH"
