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Douglas Schlimmer and 10 Lb. Cucumber, August 1973 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Douglas Schlimmer and 10 Lb. Cucumber, August 1973 image
Year:
1973
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 23, 1973
Caption:
10-Pound Cucumber What can you do with a 10-pound, 40-inch. cucumber? Douglas Schlimmer, 8, of 3139 Lefere, ponders the problem. It's too big to eat, and it won't fit in the refrigerator, so all he can do is hold it for the time being. Douglas and his father, Neil C. Schlimmer, planted white hybrid cucumbers in their backyard garden this year, and this monster - along with a lot of normal sized ones - was the result.

Brian Hawkins and Giant Pumpkin, September 1971 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Brian Hawkins and Giant Pumpkin, September 1971 image
Year:
1971
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 29, 1970
Caption:
Little Farmer's Giant Pumpkin Brian Hawkins, 13-year-old son of Ann Arbor Police Detective Capt. and Mrs. Walter V. Hawkins, had to wrestle this mammoth pumpkin onto a wheelbarrow to give News Photographer Cecil Lockard a good angle on it. Brian, a junior high school student, has raised more than 30 pumpkins in a patch on his parents' farm at 6810 N. Territorial Rd., Salem Township. But this 98-pound beauty is the largest of the lot. The teen-ager sells his pumpkins and other vegetables each year, with the funds going into a savings account for his college years.

Harry F. Bruneau and Giant Squash, October 1969 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Harry F. Bruneau and Giant Squash, October 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 2, 1969
Caption:
No Pumpkin Just in case anyone doubted Harry F. Bruneau's tale of a home-grown 95-pound squash, he heaved it into his car and brought it to work with him. That's why there was a squash on display last week at the Stadium U.S. Post Office. Asked if he planned to eat his prize, the Howell gardener replied proudly "I could fed the whole town with it."

Jean England and Giant Edible Mushroom, October 1970 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Jean England and Giant Edible Mushroom, October 1970 image
Year:
1970
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 1, 1970
Caption:
It's Edible! Mrs. James England of 3109 Cherry Tree Lane, found this puff ball, a variety of mushroom, in a field near a cottage owned by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Klumpp, near Unadilla and Joslin Lake in Livingston County. Mrs. England, a bookkeeper at Will Scientific, Inc. of Ann Arbor, said she's not sure what she's going to do with the puff ball. Puff balls are edible, she says, and her parents eat them. They slice the puff ball into smaller pieces, dip them in egg batter and fry them. "Someone suggested I give it to the University and let them study it," said Mrs. England.

George G. Mackmiller Jr. and Daughter Cindy with Four Foot Cabbage, August 1967 Photographer: Duane Scheel

George G. Mackmiller Jr. and Daughter Cindy with Four Foot Cabbage, August 1967 image
Year:
1967
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 24, 1967
Caption:
Crave Coleslaw? It took more than a yardstick for George MackMiller Jr. and his daughter Cindy, 17, to circumscribe this cabbage in their garden at 1301 Pear St. The giant measures near four feet in diameter, and might well have reaches the boundaries of the family's quarter of a city block lot if the growing season was longer.

H. A. Grodell and 85 lbs. Squash, September 1966 Photographer: Duane Scheel

H. A. Grodell and 85 lbs. Squash, September 1966 image
Year:
1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 29, 1966
Caption:
Heavy Handful: This is not an early Halloween treat left by the Great Pumpkin, but the 88-pound Hungarian squash grown by experimental gardner H. A. Grodell of Pinckney.

Mrs. Jack Schild and Duck Shaped Squash, September 1966 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Mrs. Jack Schild and Duck Shaped Squash, September 1966 image
Year:
1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 8, 1966
Caption:
'Quack Quack' "It looks like a duck," said Mrs. Jack Schild of 58 Margaret, Whitmore Lake, describing this squash grown in her garden. Seeing is believing.

Double Peach from Garden of Nash Wright, September 1965 Photographer: Doug Fulton

Double Peach from Garden of Nash Wright, September 1965 image
Year:
1965
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 9, 1965
Caption:
Siamese Peach? The Buck Rogers fin (or extra ear, if you prefer) on this peach from a tree in the yard of Nash Wright of 2119 Arlene is as delicately colored as the main body of the fruit and seems to contain firm peach meat. It was discovered growing, in robust health, among normal peaches on the tree.

Homer F. Bruneau and 72 lbs. Squash, August 1965 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Homer F. Bruneau and 72 lbs. Squash, August 1965 image
Year:
1965
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 25, 1965
Caption:
Out to Squash Opposition: If someone other than Homer F. Bruneau wins first place in the squash competition at the Michigan State Fair next week it will be with a vegetable weighting more than 72 pounds. That's the weight of Bruneau's entry for this year. Bruneau, who lives at 3423 Carpenter Rd., Pittsfield Township, raised a 66-pound squash in his hobby garden last year. It won second place in the 1964 State Fair. The amateur farmer raises his heavy-weight squash and other king-size vegetables by careful attention and by fertilizing with elephant, tiger, lion, and other exotic manures which he obtains from a circus.

Douglas Allen, Arthur Allen and Carrot Growing Through Hose Clamp, December 1964 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Douglas Allen, Arthur Allen and Carrot Growing Through Hose Clamp, December 1964 image
Year:
1964
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 18, 1964
Caption:
Clamp Your Eyes On This: Douglas Allen, 7, and eight-year-old brother Arthur (right) look over a carrot that grew through an old buried hose clamp in the family garden at 2524 Whitmore Lake Rd., Ann Arbor Township. The boys discovered the pinched vegetable while rooting out the garden's 1964 remnants last week. The carrot grew to a larger diameter than the clamp on either side of it. The oddity will apparently still wind up in the stew.