World Report: October 26, 2001 Vol.7 No.6

It's a Great Pumpkin!

Let's hope Ashley Creuziger's family likes to eat dessert. Ashley, 15, grew a giant pumpkin weighing 909 pounds—enough to make about 450 pies! Ashley, who lives on a farm in Wisconsin, used seeds from an 825-pounder to grow her champion. It's the biggest ever in the state. What else did she do to get it so big? "My dad talked to it. He bonded with the pumpkin!"