In the spring of each year the enterprising firm of Cartwright and
Headington, of Portland, Ind., U.S.A., present their customers with
pumpkin seed, offering substantial prizes for the heaviest pumpkin grown
from their seed. The specimen seen in our photo., which was sent in by
Mr. Clyde S. Whipple, of the Auditorium, Portland, is the prize-winner
out of 140 competitors. It weighs 153lb., and is 7ft. in circumference.
The little boy inside is four years old.
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