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Other Giant Fruit & Vegetable Statues (page 6)

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Vidalia Onions
Vidalia, GA
These Vidalia Onions are located inside the Vidalia Onion Museum which opened in 2011. For more, see this website.

Giant Carrots
Clifton, CO
 Giant Carrots
Ann Arbor, MI
These Giant Carrots in Clifton are installed in front of the Green Junction Farmstead. They were installed in or after 2021. There is also a sculpture of a Giant Tomato here. [map]

These Giant Carrots in Ann Arbor were installed in front of the Food Gatherers food bank which was established in 1988. This photo is from 2011. The Carrots have been moved slightly an area further in front of the building. It looks like there are only five of them left. [map]

Giant Carrots, Pumpkin, Radish & Onions
Albuquerque, NM
These Giant Carrots, Pumpkin, Radish & Onions are located in the Children's Fantasy Garden at the ABQ Biopark Botanic Garden. The garden opened in 2001.

More Carrots:
Baltimore, MD
Cleveland, OH
Portland, OR

Giant Lemon? [gone]
Oklahoma City, OK
Masquerade Costume & Tuxedo has what looked like a Giant Lemon on the roof. Does anyone know what this thing was and what the original business was? By 2012, the business was still there but the bulge was missing from the roof.

Giant Olive
Philadelphia, PA
 Giant Olive
Lindsay, CA
 Giant Olive
Corning, CA
This Giant Olive in Philadelphia is installed at the Continental Mid-town Restaurant. This place is famous for its martinis. [map]

This Giant Olive in Lindsay is about eight feet long. It was originally installed at the Lindsay olive packer's co-op. When that closed, it was moved to the Olive Tree Inn. This Giant Olive remains although the motel is now a Super 8. This photo is from 2013. [map]

This Giant Olive in Corning is about 15 feet tall. It was created by Chuck Owens in 2009 and is installed on the corner of an olive orchard. [map]

Giant Artichoke
Castroville, CA
 Giant Cabbage
San Jose, CA
 Giant Pickle [gone]
Detroit, MI
This Giant Artichoke was built in 1963. It is 20 feet tall and 12 feet wide. It is made of concrete and rebar and stands next to the Giant Artichoke Restaurant. Castroville has been growing artichokes since the 1920s and claims to be the Artichoke Center of the World. For more, see this website. [map]

The Giant Cabbage is installed in front of the West Valley Branch Library. It was built around 2003 when the library opened. The sculpture functions as a water feature when fed by rainwater and dew flowing from the roof. [map]

This Giant Pickle was installed in 2007 above Eph's Downtown, a sandwich-focused restaurant. These photos are from 2009. By 2011, the restaurant and the pickle were gone. [photos thanks Mark Comstock]

Pickle Man
Tomball, TX
Pickle Man was built for Canino's Italian restaurant around 1994. The restaurant featured fried pickles and pizza. The statue was originally painted green. He became known as "Pickle Man." Canino's closed and the lot was used to sell used cars. The statue might have been painted red, white, and blue at that point. The lot is empty now but the statue is maintained. In 2022, the statue was repainted the original green. [map]

More Pickles:
Christmas Pickle (Fort Smith, AR)
Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, TN)

Baked Potato
Blackfoot, ID
2008:
 2022:
This giant Baked Potato is installed in front of the Idaho Potato Museum. There was another Potato before this one which fell apart when workers attempted to move it in 2006 from the side of the building to the front. It had the word "Idaho" painted on the side. By 2008, this Potato had been built and a sign was installed in front of it. In 2020, a new sign was installed and the Potato was repainted. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Big Idaho Potato Hotel
Boise, ID
The 28-foot-long potato which is now used for the Big Idaho Potato Hotel was built in 2012. It was installed on a custom trailer and driven around the country to celebrate the Idaho Potato Commission's 75th anniversary. The plan was for a one-year tour but it ended up being so popular that it is still on the road. In 2018, a new potato was built. In 2019, the old potato was turned into this hotel as an Airbnb. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

More Potatos:
Spud Drive-in (Driggs, ID)
Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, TN)
Big Idaho Potato Tour (various locations)
Potato (Grand Falls, NB)
Potato (Malden, NB)
Potato Man: 1, 2 (Maugerville, NB) [map]
Prince Edward Potato Museum (O'Leary, PE) [map]