Northeast Gardening: Giant Pumpkin results in MA, 1 by docgipe

docgipe wrote:
The carving of all carvings. West Coast world book of records carver Cully for an East Coast Lawn and Garden Center. Three or four days of carving. Each large pumpkin over a thousand pounds carved on three sides. About four days of carving. Each pumpkin is down over a pole that supports platforms for the next one up the pole. This is perhaps the most elaborate carving executed. Done entirely with hand tools like saws and knives. No power tools on this one. I spent several days in training with this gentleman who is a high management person for the world mail order firm of Harry and David, West Coast.