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Pumpkin season thrives despite drought

By Elma GonzalezErin Dunphy, News Editor and Contributing Writer • November 5, 2012
Despite a notable drop in vegetable crop production this year, one crop prevailed the dry season: pumpkins.

Video: Low-down on pumpkin season and variety

By Elma GonzalezErin Dunphy • October 30, 2012
While the dry season this year in upstate New York hurt most crop production there were some crops that prospered. A professor at Cornell University talks about the variety of pumpkins this season.
Rob Doran, a science teacher at Newfield Central School in Newfield, N.Y., takes pumpkins from the "All you can carry pumpkins" crates at the Eddydale Farm Stand for his class.

Ithaca is Gourd-geous!

By Durst Breneiser, Assistant Photo Editor • October 26, 2012
In preparation for Halloween, community members are picking up pumpkins and gourds at nearby farms like the Eddydale Farm Stand on Elmira Road.
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