Mirror photo by J.D. Cavrich Employee Margaret Edmunson straightens up the selection of pumpkins for sale last week at Baronners Farm Market in Hollidaysburg.

There’s nothing scary about Pennsylvania’s pumpkin crop this year. “It looks very good this year,” said Kelly Baronner, co-owner of Baronners Farm Market in Hollidaysburg. “We had an adequate amount of moisture early, and that really helped. It got a little dry [in September], so we were able to keep the disease away.” Like Baronner, pumpkin growers throughout the region saw “overall good yields,” said Tom Ford, director of Penn State’s Blair County cooperative extension office and commercial horticulture educator. “A lot of times with pumpkin growers, they don’t use irrigation,” Ford said. “So they’re more dependent on rainfall. This year’s rainfall was perfect — we didn’t have excessive rain and we didn’t have not enough. The pumpkin crop did very well for the local grower.” The pumpkins, Ford said, are about 6 to 10 pounds, which is what most consumers want for carving, with sturdy stems for handling.