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The avacodo is a fruit high in caloric value which is unbelievably disgusting when eaten under-ripe. They ripen best, allegedly, in a paper bag (like bananas, which taste unbelievably disgusting in a similar way when under-ripe) but I am reserving judgment about this method until all my avocadoes have ripened.

A baby cantaloupe looks like a little watermelon to the untrained eye (although when she developed her weirdly scaly exterior I should have known she was not an ugly duckling, just a cantaloupe). Wendy was eaten for breakfast and enjoyed thoroughly despite her smallness and unexpected orange interior.

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The cholorphyll in the watermelon's leaves has suffered that tragic fate that begins to befall all plant greenery this time of year. Despite the yellowed foliage, Wendy continues to hang tenaciously to her vine, suspended from her pantyhose hammock. She is still only 24 cm but I remain hopeful that she will grow a little more before she finally succumbs to Ottawa's cold fall nights.
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Wendy now measures 24 centimetres around and her skin has become weirdly scaly. I think perhaps its too wet for the poor dear. And probably too cold as well. She measured 23 cms last Thursday night so clearly her growth has slowed considerably.

Soon we will hack her open in sacrifice to our pagan god!

There is currently a watermelon plant growing in the garden and it makes me wish I owned a digital camera so bad. The plant grew out of some compost in a rather random way and had originally been judged a cucumber vine. There is only one watermelon on it so far and I doubt that there will be more, this being September in Ottawa and watermelons being best suited for life in South Central Africa where it is considerably hotter.

The one fruit I suspect the plant will ever bear, is currently about 20cm in circumference and furry like a tennis ball. I am tempted to name it Wendy in an attempt to encourage to grow to its full potential so her flesh may be enjoyed by one and all but am trying to hold myself in check.

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