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Indiana man grows colossal cantaloupes

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By ABC7
Thursday, August 25, 2011
August 25, 2011 (FORT WAYNE, Ind.)

And he's not sure how he did it.

Jim Keefe is the melon master of Fort Wayne.

The colossal cantaloupe is 45 inches in diameter and weighs 40 pounds.

Keefe says he has never seen anything like it.

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