MAP: Where America's pumpkins come from.
Paul Bersebach / Orange County Register via Getty Images fileCHICAGO — Gourds grow big on the East Coast and smaller out west, but when it comes to growing the most in the country, Illinois is the pumpkin king.
“Pumpkins like hot, dry weather, and typically in the Midwest, we will get that,” Condill said. “We also have very well-drained soil. And so that helps pumpkins — they don't like wet feet.” The 2017 USDA census shows that just five counties in Illinois — Mason, Tazewell, Stark, Peoria and Woodford counties — make up 60 percent of the state’s pumpkin acreage.
Scavuzzo said overall labor shortages have caused supply-chain issues on shipping containers and cans, as well as manufacturing delays, and that could drive prices higher.Morton, Illinois, a village in Tazewell County about 150 miles southwest of Chicago, takes special pride in pumpkin production.
More than 1.5 square miles of white “ghost” pumpkins were planted this year, almost five times the amount planted in 2009, according to FSA data. Most of the country’s ghost pumpkins are grown in Illinois.
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