Egel formerly worked for a watermelon seed company as a plant pathologist. "There are some things I look for when I go to the supermarket or roadside stand," Egel said. "With me, I downplay 'thumping' ...

Yeah. - And you've sort of become what I'm now calling the Johnny Watermelon seed of the Southeast. - We've also been known to be called the heirloom hunters. A horticulturalist, Kerry Hefner ...