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Huge pumpkin a Halloween fantasy

Huge pumpkin a Halloween fantasy

Date10/25/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Huge pumpkin a Halloween fantasy. Alison March; 6; shopping for her Halloween pumpkin at Greenview Fruit Market on Danforth Ave.; couldn't resist climbing on to the biggest one she's ever seen. Grown at Holland Marsh; it weighs 107 kilograms (235 pounds). Proceeds of the market's pumpkin sales go to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007743F
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      Bull, Ron
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      Faught, Ken
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      Russell, Jim
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      Russell, Jim
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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