The Sweet Science of Hermiston’s Most Famous Crop
Each summer, the sandy, sun-baked soil of the Columbia Basin reveald their prize: some of the sweetest watermelons grown anywhere in the United States. Since the first half of the 20th century, when farmers started planting the seeds in rotation with the other onion, potatoes, and grain of Eastern Oregon, the melons of the Hermiston area have been delighting consumers with their natural sweetness. Watermelons come from
