SEATTLE, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Costco stores throughout the United States are well prepared for the annual consumer rush for pumpkin pies around Thanksgiving, bakers say.
HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Judges Monday named a 1,528-pound entry the winner of the Safeway World championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. beer sellers and manufacturers in the Midwest said recent years have seen a spike in sales of Pumpkin-flavored brews.
NETLEY, England, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A pumpkin bigger than a small car has smashed the British all-time record for the largest-ever orange gourd, officials say.
WINDSOR, Nova Scotia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Canadian Thanksgiving Sunday was marked in Nova Scotia with a regatta of giant, floating half-pumpkins racing with paddle-power and motors for glory.
WARREN, R.I., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A 1,568-pound pampered pumpkin was bumped from contention in the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin contest because it leaked.
BOSTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man may have achieved a Guinness World Record by growing a pumpkin that weighs some 1,800 pounds.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Handcuffs were not enough to stop magician Phil Dalton from escaping from an 879-pound pumpkin plummeting to the ground in Cincinnati, observers say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Ying Feng-brand pumpkin seeds due to a labeling error.
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Farmers along the upper U.S. East Coast say heavy rains in the region throughout the summer have decimated their pumpkin crops.
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Pumpkins are disappearing left and right from porches in a Cleveland suburb in advance of the 44th annual Pumpkin Roll.
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MORTON, Ill., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- It seemed as though the Morton, Ill., Punkin’ Chuckin’ Contest had met its demise last summer but local chucking enthusiasts have managed to save it.
FLORIDA CITY, Fla., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- They held an underwater pumpkin carving contest in Florida, and believe it or not it isn't the only underwater pumpkin carving contest in the United States.
TAUNTON, Mass., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A teenager with a green thumb was a top contender at a Rhode Island fair recently with his 1,224-pound pumpkin and equally imposing squash.
