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| Other Giant Fruit & Vegetable Statues (page 2) |
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| Giant Tomato Leamington, ON |
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| This Giant Tomato functions as a visitors' information booth. It was built in 1961. Leamington is called the Tomato Capital of Canada. [map] |
| Giant Tomato Cambridge, MD |
Giant Tomato Clifton, CO |
Giant Tomato Crestview, FL |
Fruit Basket [gone] Austin, TX |
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This Giant Tomato in Cambridge is located at Emily's Produce. For more, see this website. [map]
This Giant Tomato in Clifton is installed in front of the Green Junction Farmstead. It has been there since around 2021. There is also a sculpture of Giant Carrots here. [map] This Giant Tomato in Crestview is installed at the Red Barn Thrift Store. In 2008, the building was housing the Crestview Produce Market. [map] This Fruit Basket was installed on a 1961 Chevrolet Corvair truck. The foam sculpture was created by Faith Schexnayder who parks this vehicle next to her house/studio, Flat Fork Studios. It was created in 2007 for Austin's First Night New Year's Eve celebration where the truck appeared as a Carmen Miranda float. The fruit has since been removed as the vehicle is used as a daily driver and for other events. |
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More Tomatos:
Famous Tomato (Indianapolis, IN) Pasghetti's (Branson, MO) Tomato (Pemberville, OH) Tomato (Pittston, PA) Sliced Tomato Bike Rack (Nashville, TN) Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, TN) Tomato (Niagara Falls, ON) |
| Big Peach Bruceville, IN |
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| The Big Peach is about 20 feet tall and stands in front of a produce market. It has been here since the 1950s. Originally, the Peach advertised for Yates Orchards but new owners renamed the place the Big Peach Market. An obelisk stands next to the Peach, making the pair look a bit like the Trylon and Perisphere from the New York World's Fair. It was repainted between 2006 and 2010 and again around 2022. [map] |
| Giant Fruit Sunnyvale, CA |
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| These Giant Fruit sculptures are a tribute to Sunnyvale's agricultural heritage. There were originally six aluminum sculptures including a pear, an apple, a plum, a peach, an apricot, and a pair of cherries. The plum and peach are gone now and the stems on the cherries were broken off sometime between 2008 and 2014. The "Fruit Gigantica" sculptures were created by Gerald Heffernon and installed in 2003 in Plaza del Sol. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Giant Cherries Polson, MT |
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| These Giant Cherries have been displayed at the Miracle of America Museum since at least 2015. Polson has a Flathead Cherry Festival every July. [map] |
| Giant Raspberries Abbotsford, BC |
Giant Strawberry [gone] Starke, FL |
Giant Strawberry Kewaunee, WI |
Giant Strawberry Poteet, TX |
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| Strawberry Water Tower Poteet, TX |
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These Giant Raspberries were created by Manjit Sandhu and installed in 2011. Abbotsford is the berry capital of Canada. [map]
The Strawberry in Starke stood in front of at J.C. Scales & Tails which sold produce and fish. This business and statue are gone now. The Strawberry in Kewaunee advertises for Kraynik's Berry Farm which was founded in 1978. This photo is from 2007. By 2013, the strawberry was wearing a hat. [map] Poteet claims to be the strawberry capital of Texas. The Strawberry in Poteet is seven feet tall and made of concrete. It is installed in front of the fire department. It has been there since at least the 1960s. For more, see this website. [map] Poteet's Strawberry Water Tower is 130 feet tall. In 2020, the Water Tower was repainted and now includes the City's name. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. [map] |
| Giant Strawberry Granbury, TX |
Giant Strawberry Decker, IN |
Giant Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA |
Strawberry Water Tower Plant City, FL |
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The Giant Strawberry in Granbury was installed in front of Fall Creek Farms sometime between 2008 and 2013. [map]
The Giant Strawberry in Decker is located at Decker's U-Pick Strawberry Field. It was built in Carmi, IL but has been here for many years. This photo is from 2008. Can anyone confirm if this statue is still there? I can't find it at Google Street View but it might have been moved. Strawberry Point calls itself the "Home of the World's Largest Strawberry". This 15-foot-tall strawberry is installed on a pole in front of City Hall. It is made of fiberglass and was created in 1967. A storm knocked it down that same year and a replacement was built in 1968. [map] The Strawberry Water Tower was built in 1978. Plant City claims to be the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. [map] |
| Berry Patch Rockingham, NC |
Strawberry Man Alva, FL |
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The Berry Patch also claims to be home to the "world's largest strawberry" and features homemade ice cream and produce. The building was constructed in 2002. The photos above were taken in 2009. In 2011, the building was moved two miles north to Ellerbe, NC. [map]
The Strawberry Man has been installed in front of the Cracker Shack Cafe and 31 Produce since at least 2014. [map] |
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More Raspberries:
Hopkins, MN [map] More Strawberries:
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| Blueberry Man Oxford, NS |
Blueberry Man LaBelle, FL |
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The Blueberry Man in Oxford is eight-feet-tall and stands at an Irving gas station. He is made of steel and cement. The statue was previously located in Peticodiac, New Brunswick. Irving Oil bought him and moved him here in 1999. His arms were originally much thinner. Oxford claims to be the Blueberry Capital of Canada. For more, see this website. [photo thanks Susan Kell] [map]
The Blueberry Man in LaBelle was installed at Blueberry Bunch Farm in 2021. |
| Giant Grapes Escondido, CA |
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| These Giant Grapes conceal a children's slide in Grape Day Park. There are also some grape leaves benches and grape vines to climb on. The sculptures are collectively known as Vinehenge. They were created in 2004 by Nancy Moran and Valerie Salatino of Nature Works, Inc. [map] |
| Box of Raisins Kingsburg, CA |
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| This Box of Raisins is located at the Sun-Maid Growers headquarters. It was built in 1992 by students from California State University in Fresno for the company's 80th anniversary. It was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest box of raisins. [map] |
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