{"id":36,"date":"2009-11-20T13:50:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=36"},"modified":"2011-10-01T05:14:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T04:14:32","slug":"is-that-a-melon-or-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2009\/11\/20\/is-that-a-melon-or-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Is that a melon or what???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2009\/11\/papaya1.jpg\" alt=\"papaya1\" width=\"210\" height=\"212\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2009\/11\/papaya1.jpg 210w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2009\/11\/papaya1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><br \/>\nThey are papayas!  The seed came from ECHO in Florida, originally from Thailand.  They are sweet and kind of red inside instead of orange.  We are harvesting fruit less than a year after planting the seed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=36&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They are papayas! The seed came from ECHO in Florida, originally from Thailand. They are sweet and kind of red inside instead of orange. We are harvesting fruit less than a year after planting the seed. 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