Giant vegetables here and abroad

By CATHERINE IDZERDA ( Contact )   Friday, October 23, 2009 - 6:32 p.m.

Today I wrote about giant pumpkins. It wasn't the pinnacle of journalist achievement, but it was interesting. A farmer south of Whitewater, Marc Roe, grew a 700-pound pumpkin.

The pumpkin is now on sale at Meyer's Farm Market near Milton.

While writing about pumpkins I discovered the world of competitive pumpkin, squash, tomato and watermelon growing.

These growers are part of the "Great Pumpkin Commonwealth," a worldwide organization dedicated to growing large pumpkins and other cucurbits (or should that be cucurbie?).

Check it out: http://www.greatpumpkincommonwealth.com/

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