Fruits thrive, Dixon Days die

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Megan Strickland/Valley Journal Dixon melons are ripe for the picking

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Joey Hettick cuts melons that people taste at the Polson Farmers Market.

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Yellow jackets feed on a melon destroyed by deer.

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Cassie Silvernale, co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc., picks melons.

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Cassie Silvernale is co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc.

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Cassie Silvernale, co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc., picks melons.

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Cassie Silvernale, co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc., stands among a field of melons.

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A field of Dixon melons, ripe and ready to be harvested.

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Joey Hettick, co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc, slices samples of melon for customers to taste.

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Joey Hettick, co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc, slices samples of melon for customers to taste.

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Joey Hettick, co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc, slices samples of melon for customers to taste.

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Joey Hettick, co-owner of Dixon Melons, Inc, slices samples of melon for customers to taste.

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A ripe Dixon melon waits to be picked.

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Cassie Silvernale

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Joey Hettick shares Dixon melon with customers.

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Issue Date: 8/6/2014
Last Updated: 8/10/2014 12:06:55 AM |
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