Behold, The 1,000-Pound Pumpkin

Visit Robert Sabin’s pumpkin patch: he has been growing giant pumpkins–the breed is Atlantic Giant–for over ten years. Does his top pumpkin have the heft to win the Long Island Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Hicks Nurseries? We’ll find out.


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Images courtesy of Rick Wheelock/flickr and the Dragonweaver/flickr. Shot and produced by Flora Lichtman.

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About Flora Lichtman

Flora Lichtman is a host of Science Friday. In a previous life, she lived on a research ship where apertivi were served on the top deck, hoisted there via pulley by the ship’s chef.

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