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Manteca celebrating being California’s watermelon capital Saturday & Sunday
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The late George Perry, left, and his son Art Perry are shown taking a test cut of a watermelon in this file photo.
Manteca was known for watermelons long before it was incorporated as a city in 1918. It is why it is only fitting the biggest “block party” of summer — actually multiple blocks in downtown —is this Saturday and Sunday in Manteca.