Pumpkin Scoop
Pumpkins were trucked to the Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains for the fourth annual Calabasas Days Pumpkin Festival over the weekend. Although not every visitor to the two-day event walked away with one, most couldn’t resist the bright orange orbs. Some quick pumpkin facts:
* CALABASAS: The namesake city of the festival derives its name from the Spanish word for pumpkin: calabaza .
* TRUCKED IN: About 30 tons of pumpkins were brought in from the Levens farm in Oxnard.
* LARGE: The largest pumpkins available at the festival, called “Big Macs,” weigh about 300 pounds and were priced at $25. The pumpkins required a lift from a motorized cart to get to visitors’ cars.
* MEDIUM: The most popular pumpkins were the Connecticut variety, which weigh 20 to 30 pounds. They sold for $10 and could be carried to one’s car with some effort.
* SMALL: The smallest pumpkins were the sugar pumpkins that weigh two to five pounds. Those sold for $1 and could be carried in one hand.
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