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In the early part of the twentieth century, brothers Erastus and Hardy Park, founders of the Culleoka Produce Co., brought prosperity to farmers in the surrounding area through cantaloupes. By rail, they shipped varieties known as Park's Delight and the Culleoka Queen to distant U.S. markets, where eager customers awaited delivery. Culleoka cantaloupes declined after Erastus Park's death in 1928, but at their peak the melons rivaled mules as the county's most famous agricultural product.
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