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Ann Arbor, Mi

I was recently in Traverse, City Michigan. The cherry captial. There is a store called Cherry Stop they sold nothing but cherry stuff. Everything cherry.........Where are the pumpkin capital/s and pumpkin stop stores?

8/30/2004 7:36:10 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Morton, Illinois Home of Libby's
85% of the Worlds canned pumpkin is made there...

8/30/2004 7:41:24 PM

Sao Paolo

(Off-topic) There's also New York - Roses' Home

8/30/2004 8:50:42 PM

Woodburn, Indiana

Woodburn, Indiana. Capital of Giant Pumpkins. :)

8/30/2004 9:51:08 PM

Sloughhouse, CA

Half Moon Bay, CA calls itself the pumpkin capital of the world.
They have a week long pumpkin fest there.

8/31/2004 2:39:33 AM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

I grew up in the Cactus Capital of Canada, Dundas Ont., but that's beside the point.

I'm not sure about the Claims to Fame from other towns, but I'd have to nominate Windsor NS,(Home of Howard Dill) as a definite priority on the list of "pumpkin" places to visit. If it weren't for the birthplace of Hockey, Long Pond, being on his farm too I think Windsor might put a little more effort into promoting itself as some kind of "Pumpkin Capital".

8/31/2004 9:32:52 AM

Indiana

Circleville, OH.....nuf said on that one

8/31/2004 9:48:02 AM

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And Howard's hometown would be.........

8/31/2004 10:31:07 AM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Windsor, NS (Look up two posts!)

Windsor doesn't actually promote Howard Dill as much as you might expect, the signs leading into Windsor say "Home to Sam Slick" but don't mention Howard.

8/31/2004 11:49:16 AM

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Slow brain day. LOL

8/31/2004 12:37:08 PM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Slow brain day...aka weekday.

It happens, I don't normally perk up until I step out of the office door on Friday afternoon.

8/31/2004 1:43:29 PM

canal winchester ohio

Tom's right......Circleville, Ohio.
This year should be the 100th or 101st year it has been held, I'm not quite sure.

8/31/2004 9:17:16 PM

Circleville ,OH.

You know it...........Who else has a Pumpkin water tower?

9/1/2004 5:09:55 AM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Pumpkin water tower, that's got to take the cake.

I did notice last night while I was reading The Pumkin King (my wife found me two copies, bought me both), Windsor, Nova Scotia is referred to as "The Pumpkin Capital of the World", but like I've said before, if Windsor is claiming it they sure don't promote it much.

9/1/2004 1:48:31 PM

canal winchester ohio

There is a pic of the tower Darryl is talking about in my gallery. Here is the link
http://bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=1967&gid=-4660

9/1/2004 9:06:42 PM