b'BREEDING HISTORY / WATERMELONExploring the innovations and breakthroughs of breeding throughout generations of plants.Its estimated that the first watermelon was harvested in Egypt, but a lot of archaeological remains of watermelonsmostly seeds!have been found in northeastern Africa.1,200IS THE NUMBER OF VARIETIES OF WATERMELON GROWN ACROSS 96 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. 7thIS THE RANK OF THE U.S. IN WORLDWIDE WATERMELON PRODUCTION, WITH CHINARANKED AS NO. 1.The first cookbook published in the U.S.American Cookery by Amelia Simmons from 1796 contains a recipe for watermelonrind pickles.$500millionIS THE AMOUNTOF WATERMELON COMMERCIALLY GROWN IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR. 2,0007th 13th Years Ago Century Century 1576 1629 1950sSWEET, DESSERTWATERMELONTHE MOORSWATERMELON WASWATERMELON WASSEEDLESS WATERMELONSSTARTED BEINGINTRODUCEDFOUND GROWING INFOUND INWATERMELON WAS EMERGED IN THECULTIVATED INWATERMELON INTO FLORIDA AND WASMASSACHUSETTSINTRODUCED BY MEDITERRANEAN.INDIA. THE IBERIANTHOUGHT TO BEAND WAS BEINGCROSSING A DIPLOID PENINSULA, AND ITBROUGHT TO THE NEWCULTIVATED MOREWATERMELON WITH A FOUND ITS WAY ACROSSWORLD BY EUROPEANWIDELY THROUGHOUTTETRAPLOID STRAIN.SOUTHERN EUROPE. COLONISTS AS WELLTHE AMERICAS.AS THE SLAVE TRADE FROM AFRICA.Sources: National Library of Medicine, Watermelon.org, University of MissouriLATAMSEEDWORLD.COM /39'