With your pumpkin purchases completed, it’s time to
turn your attention to the attractions.
“Our most popular attraction is the train ride,” Melton
said. “The trip is seven minutes long and nearly a half-mile
in length.”
Two trains navigate the course: The steam-engine replica
Allan Herschell Iron Horse, which can carry 107 passengers,
and the sleek Arrow Streamliner—the full-sized version of
which defined passenger travel starting in 1934—which
carries 32.
“And the second is the hayride,” Melton said. “Pumpkin
Pete narrates a tour that passes by the Sunflower Gallery and
Marigoldland with 100,000 hand-sown marigolds.”
Every year, the two-acre corn maze is redesigned, down-
loaded to a tractor’s computer, and laser cut. A map and
emergency phone number are provided as you enter the
maze—just in case. For the younger
kids, there’s the pony ride, petting
zoo, the Bootsie the Bee Kids’ Corn
Maze with textured friends that
light up at night, and the cow train
ride. Older kids can enjoy a large
jumper made of giant hay bales to
bounce on, and everyone can take a
shot with the pumpkin cannon that
shoots mini-pumpkins 90 miles per
hour at stationary targets. On the
weekends, the carousel, jugglers on
stilts, food vendors, and live music
create a country fair atmosphere.
The Pumpkin Lab demonstrates
the lifecycle of the pumpkin; and
Bootsie’s Honey Hut features a bee-
hive with live bees so visitors can see
them at work.
From October 1 st through 31 st ,
the Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Park opens
its doors and invites young and old to
visit the world of the pumpkin. Those
who’ve enjoyed the comic strip “Peanuts”
will remember how Linus van Pelt was
convinced that the Great Pumpkin would
appear in the pumpkin patch that is
the most sincere, and would fly around
bringing toys to sincere and believing
children. Maybe the Great Pumpkin will
come to the Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Park
this year, but even if he doesn’t, everyone
is guaranteed to go home with their very
own Great Pumpkin.
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018
Pumpkin Weigh-Off
October 13, 2018
14485 Monterey Road
San Martin
408.778.7225
morganhillpumpkins.com
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