From The KOTV Vault: Bixby Farm Produces World Record Watermelon in 1983

Legendary farmer Chester Conrad had called in the experts from the Guinness Book of World Records because he thought he'd grown a record-setting watermelon.

Friday, May 11th 2012, 12:59 pm

By: Richard Clark


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We don't know much about this story. The event took place sometime in the summer of 1983 at Conrad Farms in Bixby.

Legendary farmer Chester Conrad had called in the experts from the Guinness Book of World Records because he thought he'd grown a record-setting watermelon.  

As reporter Susan Watson explains, he was right.

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