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Pumpkin season: More than 100,000 pumpkins arrive in Klaistow with a Hollywood theme

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • More than 100,000 pumpkins are on display at the traditional exhibition at Klaistow's asparagus farm, whose theme this year is "Pumpkin goes to Hollywood."
  • Carvings include Micky Mouse, Marilyn Monroe and Harry Potter, while the farm is also offering pumpkin ice cream, bread, cakes, pizza and stuffed pumpkin.
  • Last year's competition produced a 1,034.8-kilogram Atlantic Giant pumpkin, and this year's weighing championship is scheduled for September 27.

Micky Mouse, Marilyn Monroe and Harry Potter have joined the pumpkin lineup at Klaistow. The famous film characters were carved from pumpkins for the traditional exhibition at the asparagus farm, which features more than 100,000 pumpkins this year.

Pumpkin goes to Hollywood

· Farm spokeswomanThe phrase is the theme of this year's pumpkin exhibition in Klaistow.

The theme is "Pumpkin goes to Hollywood." A farm spokeswoman said growing conditions had been very good, producing impressive sizes and vivid colors. Hokkaido and butternut remain the most popular cooking pumpkins at the farm.

Visitors can also find pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin-ginger bread, various cakes, pumpkin pizza and stuffed pumpkin. The exhibition runs until November 15.

The growing conditions this year were very good. We have excellent fruit sizes and wonderful colors.

· Farm spokeswomanShe described the conditions behind this year's pumpkin crop.

Klaistow's pumpkin weighing championship in Potsdam-Mittelmark will take place on September 27. Last year, the event surpassed the 1,000-kilogram mark for the first time. An Atlantic Giant grown by Michael Schade and Bernd Paul from Elsholz weighed 1,034.8 kilograms, which the organizers said made it heavier than Germany's 2025 champion.

Hokkaido and butternut are also the most popular cooking pumpkins here.

· Farm spokeswomanShe identified the farm's most popular edible pumpkin varieties.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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