Halloween and Thanksgiving are just around
the corner and pumpkins are already showing up at roadside stands. Jack
o’lanterns, decorative displays and pumpkin pies are the main destinies
of most pumpkins in the United States. Elsewhere in the world, however,
the pumpkin is nearly exclusively considered a food crop or animal feed.
U.S. producers are growing pumpkins
competitively and pumpkin weigh-offs are happening at county fairs
around the country. While some growers are in it for fun, others are
trying to beat the amazing 1,810-pound (821- kg) giant, the 2010 record
for the world’s biggest pumpkin. Since then, several larger pumpkins
have weighed in, the largest at 2009 pounds (911 kg.).
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