Above: Steve directs traffic in the storage facility, where as many as 50,000 watermelons are boxed and ready to be shipped. Below left: Workers grade the melons and sort them by size as they come off the buses, marking only those that will be shipped to grocery distribution centers.Below upper right: Brandon Hogan preps a box for loading. Below lower right: Scotty McMinn åloads two boxes of medium-sized melons on to a truck in the loading dock.