The long wait came to an end. One of the giant pumpkins finally fell. Luckily there was no one below the kills.
A few weeks ago we learned of giant pumpkins in a courtyard in the Cotorro municipality, Havana city, and when we arrived they told us that in a few weeks these would have grown more. A few hours ago Lilian’s neighbor, the owner of the pumpkins, contacted us for us to participate in the final show: the cutting of the pumpkin.
Final dimensions were, 58 pounds, 87 centimeters high, 1.14 meters from its stem to his top, stem 60 centimeters in diameter, while the waist reached 50 centimeters and the thickest part was close to 97 centimeters. The final weight is 58 pounds and not 85 as stated before, since that was carried out holding the pumpkin hanging from the stem and was not official. The weighing was done in two scales to achieve greater truthfulness and read the same amount ofpounds.
But it was not over yet. Pumpkin’s owner Lilia deftly proceeded to cut it. Its interior is a bright yellow and the amount of seeds is in the hundreds. Just like that this pumpkin shows itself to us in all its glory.
During the first visit we noted that this giant had another sister and a third that tiptoe to emulate them. Now, two weeks later we find another two that almost reach the size of a common pumpkin. Lilia’s land ensures that her yard has never received the help of fertilizers and manures. Then we wonder: What’s with Lilia’s yard?
