Russian melon harvest increased 6 fold
According to the manufacturers, early ripening and the favourable hot weather from mid-spring caused this increase.
According Berebitskaya, "On July 2nd the farming provinces harvested and sold 3036 tons of melon, compared to only 470 tons last year."
"The area is almost the same, but the weather conditions this year had a significant beneficial impact, so the watermelons ripened much earlier, not early July but mid June."