Maple Hills Orchard

The 2009 Pumpkin Patch

The orchard closes this Sunday, October 25th...the Winner of the Prized Pumpkin will be announced Sunday @ 5 p.m.

The U-Pick Pumpkin Patch has moved in out of the cold! We have a wide variety of pumpkins perfect for carving, seasonal decor, and baking. It's time to head out to the apple orchard to find that special pumpkin and pick up a bag of apples for your fall festivities. Bring you cameras. Picnic tables are available. Guess the weight of our prized pumpkin and win both the pumpkin and a gift certificate.

Do you have a Pumpkin Patch photograph you would like to share? Please send it via email maplehillsorchard@hotmail.com and we will add it to our Photo Gallery. We will need written permission from parents to use photos of children. We do not use names in the photo gallery.

2009 Pumpkin Prize Winner

We have a three-way tie!

Congratulations to
Kayla Cariveau,
Annika from Frazee,
and
Karisa from Minneapolis
We drew names for the prized pumpkin and Kayla won the prized pumpkin.
All three young ladies will receive a gift certificate to the Apple House Store.

What was the weight?
39.8 pounds
Kayla, Annika, and Karisa all guessed 40 pounds.
The guesses ranged from 8.4 to 250 pounds.
Great guesses!

Thank you for a great season. See you next year!

2008 Pumpkin Winner

Roberta Beauchamp
from
East Grand Forks
is the

Winner of the Prized Pumpkin & Gift Certificate

Congratulations, Roberta!

We had nearly 150 guesses from 14 lbs to 300 lbs
21 guesses were in the 30-39 lb range.

The weight of the pumpkin was 35.15 lbs.
Roberta guessed 35 lbs

Roberta donated the Prized Pumpkin to the Frazee Care Center.

It has been a great season.
See you again next year!

2007 Winner

We have a winner!

The winner of the
Grand Pumpkin & $15 prize
is

Jen Zimmerman
of
Detroit Lakes!

Congratulations!!!

The weight of the pumpkin was...89 lbs

There were over 150 guesses ranging from 28 1/2 lbs. to 16,000 lbs.

Trivia Question #1: Who is the Pumpkin Champ?

Answer: The World Record Pumpkin weighed in at 1,876-pounds and was grown this year by Joe Jutras of Rhode Island.

Trivia Question #2: How did the Peanuts gang made Halloween history?

Answer: Forty years ago tonight (Oct 27), the Peanuts gang make Halloween history with the first broadcast of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Thank you for a Great Season!

2006 Winner

Thank you for a GREAT season! We enjoyed meeting you and hope we filled your pumpkin needs. Hope to see you next year!

After 144 guesses ranging from 20 pounds to 900 pounds on the weight of our largest pumpkin, we had four people with the closest guess.

Rett Martin of St. Paul guessed 146 lbs. as did Brad Wentz of Detroit Lakes. Kathy Caulfield and Bev Pompe of Detroit Lakes guessed 148 lbs. We threw the four names in a basket to determine the winner of the grand pumpkin and the $15 prize.

And the WINNER is. . .

Kathy Caulfield of Detroit Lakes!

The WEIGHT of the pumpkin was. . .

147 lbs.

Congratulations, Kathy!

Kathy donated her pumpkin to the Merit Care Clinic in Detroit Lakes. Many pumpkins went home with customers from Iowa, Arizona, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, and of course, Minnesota. Two pumpkins travelled by airplane nearly 2,000 miles. Another pumpkin was donated to St. Thomas Catholic Church in DeSmet, South Dakota for their Thanksgiving decor.

Trivia Question: Who holds the current world record for growing the largest pumpkin?

Answer: Larry Checkon of Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania holds the world record with his pumpkin weighing in at 1,469 pounds. Uffda!