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Hurricane Season Results in Pumpkin Shortage

WEKU | By Amber Coulter, The News-Enterprise
Published September 28, 2011 at 10:07 AM EDT
Crawford Farms co-owner Mason Crawford pitches a pumpkin to Shelby Jordan, 15, as they fill a trailer with a load of pumpkins Tuesday at the farm in the Elizabethtown area.
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The News-Enterprise
Crawford Farms co-owner Mason Crawford pitches a pumpkin to Shelby Jordan, 15, as they fill a trailer with a load of pumpkins Tuesday at the farm in the Elizabethtown area.

The Great Pumpkin could be disappointed by what national experts say could be a shortage this season in pumpkins and pumpkin-based products. Some pumpkin patches on the East Coast were damaged by weather brought on by Hurricane Irene. Additionally, some pumpkin crops not affected by the hurricane were thinned by other weather concerns and disease.
Lexington/Richmond
Amber Coulter, The News-Enterprise
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