Residents harvested fruit and vegetables such as cantaloupes, corn, figs, pears and watermelons. Fruits including apples, berries, peaches, plums and watermelons were cultivated after 1910. Melons, watermelons, rice, tomatoes, eggplants and viniculture are important. Sheep cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelons and melons also make a light summer meal. Major crops included wheat, oats, corn, cotton, sweet potatoes, watermelons, and cantaloupes. Agricultural produce includes rice, apples, melons, watermelons, and Brasenia. Grapes, watermelons, and apples were grown. Texas is also a large producer of watermelons, grapefruits, and cantaloupes. The watermelon stereotype is that African Americans have an unusual appetite for watermelons. It destroys grape, coffee, maize, sugarcane, and eats watermelons, muskmelons, and nuts. Also widespread is agriculture, especially growth of melons and watermelons. By contrast, seedless watermelons are grown from seeds. Later, gourds, watermelons, castor beans, and cotton were also collected and domesticated. The common crops are rice, groundnuts, green vegetables, onions, watermelons and flowers. Asparagus, potatoes, tobacco, watermelons, and corn are also grown.