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Those who design with vegetables also have a taste for an endless variety of squash.
'Almost every culture has a squash of some sort,' Linda Cline said.
The Clines this year planted 50 varieties of pumpkins and 70 varieties of squash and gourds to keep up with customer tastes.
'Flea-ing' pumpkins
It's that end of the business that has led Pumpkin Hill to open its sales season for many years at the Springfield Flea Market and Antique Show September Extravaganza.
The designer pumpkins, squashes and gourds usually depart the shelves like flying saucers (a kind of gourd) at the Extravaganza.
When the event is over, business switches over to the front lawn of the family farm.
Over the years, the Clines have watched children of repeat customers grow up and, sometimes, become part of the staff.
'I've probably employed every kid in South Charleston,' Linda Cline said with a laugh

The hedge funds, of which one of them is over a billion dollars, are selling as they have to redeem money to their investors. They are not going to see the prices or value, they will go out and just sell. And, since buyers are absent, the impact cost is very huge, says Rohit Kothari, CEO, Antique Finance, which primarily deals with corporates and institutions.
Sources said the big bull also had to dump L-T shares to meet mark to market requirements on Monday, leading to a 11% plunge in the stock, which took the share below the Rs 1,000-mark.
The high impact cost on individual stocks is also seen as a reason for spurt in Nifty volumes.
Sandeep Singal, head of institutional derivatives, Emkay Global, said since the market is becoming less liquid, action is shifting to the index

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