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Cabbage patch kid

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Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Cabbage patch kid

Third-grader Emily Prince, of Fletcher, won the North Carolina contest in the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program when she grew a 32-pounds cabbage this summer.

This year, more than 1 million third-graders in 48 contiguous states participated in the program, growing colossal cabbages in hopes of winning the “best in state” title and a $1,000 savings bond from Bonnie Plants.

Each year, Bonnie Plants trucks free oversized cabbage plant starters to third-grade classrooms whose teachers have signed up for the free program online at www.bonnieplants.com.

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