C2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17,1984 Plenty of pumpkins across the U.S. WASHINGTON, L). C. - Whether you’re after the scariest jack-o-lantern or the perfect Thanksgiving pie, you can probably find a pumpkin to suit your needs just about anywhere in the country. Bright orange pumpkins piled up on country and urban stands are part of the autumn landscape. According to the latest Census of Agriculture, taken in 1982, pum pkins are grown on just under 26,000 acres of the nation’s far mland. Pumpkins are usually a sideline or confined to the farm garden, although they are becoming a popular attraction on many “pick-your-own” orchards and berry farms, according to University of Illinois Professor Emeritus and vegetable expert Joe Vandemark. Processors who buy pumpkins for pie and some other foods depend primarily on just two states-Illinois and California. Illinois is the nation’s top com mercial producer, with 5,320 acres in pumpkins during 1982, ac cording to the U.S. Bureau of the Census. California is next, with 1982 acreage at 3,039. Heckendorn joins soils lab NEWARK, Del.-Steven E. Heckendorn has assumed responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the University of Delaware soil testing labo&tory, effective Nov. 1. Heckendorn holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a minor in geology from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and is com pleting work on his master’s degree in soil mineralogy and chemistry from Ohio State University in Columbus. Before entering graduate school, Heckendorn spent a summer at New York State University’s Buffalo branch investigating a method of determining the moisture content of planetary soils CONTACT US MANURE HANDLING EQUIPMENT Semi- and Liquid Spreaders - Ground Driven - Easy Running Priced Reasonably PIT ELEVATORS ALLIS CHALMERS AND WISCONSIN POWER UNITS COMPACT ROTO BEATERS Smaller Improved Model 2 Sizes To Choose From HAND-O-MATIC BUNK FEEDERS NOW IN STOCK FOR EASY SILAGE DISTRIBUTION (2) 323 CORN PICKERS, LIKE NEW COMBINATION MOWER & CRIMPER UNITS SMUCKER WELDING & MANUFACTURING 2110 Rockvale Road Lane , PA 17602 “Processing pumpkins are a lot different from the ones you’d use as jack-o-lanterns,” Vandemark says. The most important distinction- T**ss moisture is retained in the meat, so cooking and processing take far less time than for the typical Halloween pumpkin. “And they don’t look a thing alike,” Vandemark adds. Processing pumpkins are beige in color, although the flesh under the skin is still bright orange. “It’s really their oval shape that makes them unfit for cutting out Halloween faces,” Vandemark says. Vandemark grows 10 acres of pumpkins on his farm just outside Urbana, 111. The acreage is divided equally between processing pumpkins and the jack-o-lantern variety. “We have about 5 acres of pick-your-own fields,” Vandemark says. “It’s a delight for the children. And seeing them choose the perfect pumpkin is really a thrill every time.” Corn field is the oldest bright orange variety. Others include Small Sugar, Spooky, and Little Big Horn, named for the shape of its stem. (such as on Mars ) as an intern in a special student research program sponsored by NASA. At Ohio State he was a teaching assistant in the soils laboratory, and one summer taught the introductory soils course. 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