Patterson Brothers Watermelons- Jon, Jared, Jacob, Joseph and Jace Main Street across from Double B’s One thing the Patterson Brothers aren’t scared of is hard work. The work ethic installed in the family was handed down from Jared, Jacob, Joseph and Jace’s late grandfather Joe and father, Jon. The boys have been producing melons and cantaloupes for several years. They love serving their customers and the third generation has even got her…
Hunter Brothers Watermelons- Jonathan and Justin HunterMain Street in Cave City. Brothers Jonathan and Justin Hunter are the newest and youngest registered Cave City Watermelon Growers. They bring with them lots of experience. Justin began working with melons when he was just 12-13 and has always loved the right of passage into summer in Cave City as a teenage boy… working in the watermelon fields with neighbor and friend, Wendall Perkey. “I…
By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor No one will ever argue that watermelon blood doesn’t run deeply in Cave City. Perhaps it runs deepest in the Carter family with roots that go back four to five generations for two growers. Grower Brian Carter can trace that blood back to his great, great grandfather who hauled melons from Sandtown by wagon to sell in Batesville in the early 1900s.Brian and his grandfather, Billy, raised…
