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Customers buy bags of peanuts at the Holland barn.
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Piles of watermelons are purchased from July to August at the barn.
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Bruce and his family have a complete peanut harvest from planting through boiling.
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The 600 acre farm is divided into summer crops. The butterbean field is adjacent to the barn.
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Melvin Holland lends a hand during the butterbean harvest.
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Charles Holland supervises the bagging of beans.
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Pods are cleaned automatically.
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Watermelons are low in calories and very nutritious. Watermelon is high in lycopene, second only to tomatoes.
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Watermelon is also high in Vitamin C and Vitamin A, in the form of disease fighting beta-carotene. Research also suggests that the red pigmented foods provide this protection.
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Squash are harvested when five to six inches long. Keep the squash picked as flavor and texture will be inferior if the vegetable is left to grow to enormous size on the plant.