The freshest fresh produce was brought by truck and by the skipjack Nathan of Dorchester from the Eastern Shore. Many people bought fruit and vegetables for feasts to be held later, but many also bought sweet watermelon right off the boat, to enjoy right then... just like in the old days. At one time, much of Annapolis' fresh produce was delivered via boat.

Buying fresh watermelon off a passing skipjack was an everyday event this time of year not that long ago. The wharves and docks of Annapolis would be crowded with workboats hauling farm produce from the shores of South County and the Eastern Shore. Annapolitans could walk to the waterfront and buy fruit and vegetables fresh from the fields.

Market Day 2005 was held to celebrate this historic link between regional farmers and the Bay's traditional watercraft. Loaded with watermelon, the skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, sailed from Cambridge to the Annapolis Maritime Museum's newly rebuilt docks and offered her cargo for sale during the third annual Market Day on Sunday, August 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Arriving aboard their fleet of pick-up trucks, Eastern Shore farmers were on hand, tailgating just-picked squash, beans, tomatoes and corn and more. Volunteers from the nearby Mt. Zion United Methodist Church served crab cakes, hot dogs and soft drinks.