Researchers Find 2,100 Year-Old Melon – Archeologists have discovered the remains of the oldest melon ever recovered – with the flesh still intact on the rind – at a site in Japan.

Bill Whitman, 92, Is Dead; Scoured the Earth for Rare Fruit – Self taught horticulturalist with the golden thumb best known for his expertise in growing finicky fruits died Wednesday. A book of his articles, Five Decades with Tropical Fruit, was published in 2001.

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