Ahh! Mid-September, the time when pumpkins are starting to be harvested and we are gearing up for our Pumpkin Parties!
We grow pumpkins in all shapes, sizes, colors, textures, and styles! White, green, speckled, orange, and more; pie pumpkins (with brown freckles on the shell), warty pumpkins, ugly pumpkins, and good ole traditional ones, there is something for everyone's style. Stop by and pick some up!
Our own farmer Tony started growing giant pumpkins several years ago and continues to grow several pumpkins each year that are well over 500 pounds. They are displayed at the Market each Saturday but are also available to purchase. We also use our giant pumpkins as pumpkin boats, hollowing them out and putting them in a small man-made pond in the back of the Market during pumpkin parties! Come take a float in a pumpkin boat!
We grow pumpkins in all shapes, sizes, colors, textures, and styles! White, green, speckled, orange, and more; pie pumpkins (with brown freckles on the shell), warty pumpkins, ugly pumpkins, and good ole traditional ones, there is something for everyone's style. Stop by and pick some up!
Our own farmer Tony started growing giant pumpkins several years ago and continues to grow several pumpkins each year that are well over 500 pounds. They are displayed at the Market each Saturday but are also available to purchase. We also use our giant pumpkins as pumpkin boats, hollowing them out and putting them in a small man-made pond in the back of the Market during pumpkin parties! Come take a float in a pumpkin boat!
It's Official! 2007 World Pumpkin Record1689 lbs.
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=5272&gid=50
Joe Jutras of Rhode Island has landed a mammoth of all pumpkins. On September 29, the scientist knew something was wrong when the Earth's gravitational pull was focused to this one location. Upon there findings, they identified a cause of the gravitational pull.
Joe Jutras landed his 1689 pound pumpkin. This folks is a NEW WORLDS RECORD!. Think about it... 1689 pounds.... No wonder the Earths gravity was pulled to this one location.
For just a moment, Bill Rodonis, of Litchfield, N.H., held the title with a 1,566-pound pumpkin. Then Joe Jutras, of Scituate, R.I., crushed it with a pumpkin weighing 1,689 pounds. Both men beat last year's record of 1,502 pounds, but only Jutras will make it in the Guinness Book of Records.
A few pumpkin seeds mixed in with wild rice after they have been baked thoroughly add a variety of texture to the otherwise sortof mushy side dish.
Pumpkins belong to the same family of plants as cucumbers, melons, squash, and gourds. They go all the way back before 5000 BC and may have originated in Central America.
The word pumpkin originates from the Greek word "pepon", meaning "large melon".
Pumpkins can grow as large as 1100 pounds.
Pumpkins are actually considered a fruit.
The bright orange color of pumpkin is a dead giveaway that pumpkin is loaded with an important antioxidant, beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is one of the plant carotenoids converted to vitamin A in the body. In the conversion to vitamin A, beta carotene performs many important functions in overall health. Pumpkin is also rich in the important mineral potassium.
Pumpkins are a good source of nutrition. They contain Vitamin A & B and potassium.
Pumpkins are also a source of protein, dietary fiber and Vitamin E.
Immature fruit will have more decay and weight loss during storage than mature fruits
99% of all pumpkins are sold for decorations.Pumpkin takes its name from the medieval French word 'pompom', meaning 'cooked by the sun.' (Ultimately, probably from the Greek 'pepon.')When Howard Dill of Ontario, Canada, known as the Pumpkin King, sent one of his championship pumpkins to the U.S. for a competition, customs officials called drug agents, not believing that there could be a 616 pound pumpkin in the crate. Championship pumpkins today are over 1200 pounds. These pumpkins grow 10 to 15 pounds per day!
Pumpkin halves were supposedly used as guides for haircuts in colonial New Haven, Connecticut, giving rise to the nickname 'pumpkinhead.'
Total U.S. pumpkin production in 2003 was 805 million pounds. Illinois, with a production of 326 million pounds, led the country. There also were big pumpkin patches in California (150 million pounds produced), Pennsylvania (117 million), New York (107 million) and Michigan (60 million). The value of all these pumpkins was $81 million.
Joe Jutras of Rhode Island has landed a mammoth of all pumpkins. On September 29, the scientist knew something was wrong when the Earth's gravitational pull was focused to this one location. Upon there findings, they identified a cause of the gravitational pull.
Joe Jutras landed his 1689 pound pumpkin. This folks is a NEW WORLDS RECORD!. Think about it... 1689 pounds.... No wonder the Earths gravity was pulled to this one location.
For just a moment, Bill Rodonis, of Litchfield, N.H., held the title with a 1,566-pound pumpkin. Then Joe Jutras, of Scituate, R.I., crushed it with a pumpkin weighing 1,689 pounds. Both men beat last year's record of 1,502 pounds, but only Jutras will make it in the Guinness Book of Records.
A few pumpkin seeds mixed in with wild rice after they have been baked thoroughly add a variety of texture to the otherwise sortof mushy side dish.
Pumpkins belong to the same family of plants as cucumbers, melons, squash, and gourds. They go all the way back before 5000 BC and may have originated in Central America.
The word pumpkin originates from the Greek word "pepon", meaning "large melon".
Pumpkins can grow as large as 1100 pounds.
Pumpkins are actually considered a fruit.
The bright orange color of pumpkin is a dead giveaway that pumpkin is loaded with an important antioxidant, beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is one of the plant carotenoids converted to vitamin A in the body. In the conversion to vitamin A, beta carotene performs many important functions in overall health. Pumpkin is also rich in the important mineral potassium.
Pumpkins are a good source of nutrition. They contain Vitamin A & B and potassium.
Pumpkins are also a source of protein, dietary fiber and Vitamin E.
Immature fruit will have more decay and weight loss during storage than mature fruits
99% of all pumpkins are sold for decorations.Pumpkin takes its name from the medieval French word 'pompom', meaning 'cooked by the sun.' (Ultimately, probably from the Greek 'pepon.')When Howard Dill of Ontario, Canada, known as the Pumpkin King, sent one of his championship pumpkins to the U.S. for a competition, customs officials called drug agents, not believing that there could be a 616 pound pumpkin in the crate. Championship pumpkins today are over 1200 pounds. These pumpkins grow 10 to 15 pounds per day!
Pumpkin halves were supposedly used as guides for haircuts in colonial New Haven, Connecticut, giving rise to the nickname 'pumpkinhead.'
Total U.S. pumpkin production in 2003 was 805 million pounds. Illinois, with a production of 326 million pounds, led the country. There also were big pumpkin patches in California (150 million pounds produced), Pennsylvania (117 million), New York (107 million) and Michigan (60 million). The value of all these pumpkins was $81 million.