Thank you for another great and fun year in 2011!

See you again in 2012!

If you need a large quantity of pumpkins for your event or store, call Dan Downing at 612-390-4473.

Here are some photos from Vern and Diane's 50th Anniversary open house on January 2, 2011. (They were married Dec. 31, 1960) Note 2 granddaughters modeling a bridesmaid dress and the flower girl dress from the wedding.

New World Record Weighs-In in Minnesota!!!

Stillwater, Minnesota, was the setting for a new world record pumpkin, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wiscsonsin, brought his baby to the Stillwater Harvest Fest, and it registered a new world record at 1,810.5 pounds.

Ms. Zenk's 4th grade class, Anderson Elementary, Minnecapolis, and their Downing Farm pumpkins (2009).

What is it???!!!!

This is our "conjoined pumpkin." Don't know how it came to be, but it grew this way in the field. We saved it until December, and when it started to decay and there was nothing to lose, we cut it open. It looks like two separate pumpkins in many ways, but they are actually growing together.

BELOW: Vickie from St. Louis sent us this photo of a "conjoined pumpkin" she found in Missouri:

Update: Here's what Vickie found when she cut it open. She named the pumpkins "Larry and his other brother Daryl"

Pumpkins for Sale Weekends in October at:

St. Paul: Snelling & Ford Parkway

(That's Minnesota, USA!)

Pumpkin Bowling Update:

Sport Comes of Age: International Standard Set

New WORLD CHAMPS crowned!

See the "Pumpkin Bowling" page

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Vernon Downing
(or Daisy or the cows)
5323 Royalton Road
Braham, MN 55006
320-396-3296

Dave & Tammy Downing
651-699-3901
e-mail: mail ["at"] downingpumpkins [.com]

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