WATERMELONS ARE GOURDS 
There is one gourd which has a spongy inside that the 
housewife often uses for a dishrag. In early days gourds 
were widely used for dippers and as household vessels of 
many other sorts. There are slim gourds, sometimes a 
yard long, which were at one time very useful. People cut 
their necks off, fitted them with stoppers, and used them 
as bottles. Calabash gourds have heavy walls an inch 
thick and are so big that they may be used as wash tubs. 
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