Watermelons Burst

Bursting watermelons give sleepless nights to farmers in eastern China

Watermelon fields in eastern China are a mess of burst fruits after farmers abused growth chemicals in an attempt to make extra money but ended up ruining their crops, state media reported Tuesday.An investigative report by China Central Television found farms in and around Danyang city in Jiangsu province were losing acres (hectares) of fruit to t...