One of the pumpkins raised there weighed in at 459 pounds. Smith, a member of the World Pumpkin Federation, took top honors at the Minnesota State Fair for Giant Squash for two years. At the U of M-Waseca, Fritz conducts research and extension programs with vegetable crops grown for processing and fresh market. His current research projects include narrow row sweet corn production and growing early season sweet corn using raised beds and plastic mulch. He is also interested in determining whether cultural techniques can increase concentration of naturally occurring, cancer-fighting chemicals in vegetables.
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