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WATCH: Rocky Ford's famous sweet melons heading to Colorado grocery stores

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ROCKY FORD — The summer is getting sweeter in the Lower Arkansas River Valley! Farmers in Rocky Ford are harvesting and sending their famous sweet melons like cantaloupes and watermelons throughout the state.

News5 Photojournalist Carl Winder spoke with farmers about how the melons are important to the culture of the Lower Arkansas River Valley.

A farmer with the Rocky Ford Growers Association says the sweet melons bring in about $5 million to Rocky Ford each year.

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