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
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“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.
At Delaware Heckendorn will be
responsible for laboratory
equipment upkeep,' improving
methodology and investigating
new soil testing procedures. In
cooperation with extension and
research specialists he will keep
fertilizer recommendations up
dated. With laboratory supervisor
Leo Cotnoir, he will play a key role
in the interaction between growers
and extension agents.
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