More on the Eden Gem

I worked a bit on the Eden Gem Muskmelon illustration today:

...and I have not much to say about it.
But I found a fun old article from USA Today in 2004 about a man who grew a world record sized cantaloupe in Alaska, 64.8 pounds. The same man had the world record for a number of other things: a 75.75 pound rutabaga from 1999, a 42.4 pound kale and 43.7 pound kohlrabi from 2001, and a 63.3 pound celery from 2003. I guess he was really trying.