{"product_id":"palmer-alaska-holiday-ornament-giant-cabbage","title":"Palmer Alaska Holiday Ornament - Giant Cabbage","description":"\u003c!-- Palmer Alaska Holiday Ornament - Giant Cabbage | Version: R4.3SP FINAL | 2026-10-13 | What changed: GKP keyword layer added over the pre-GKP mini hub (keyword paragraph, keywords meta, article:tag x6, BreadcrumbList + FAQPage x3); five paragraphs, buttons and charity link unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- GKP 398: R1 10\/25 (40.0%); R2 1\/14 (7.1%); two-run 11\/39 (28.2%) | Keywords meta: 11 measured | Embedded in visible text: 7 | article:tag x6 | Store tags unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- IP Clean: town name and Merlin art only; no business, team or brand marks | Content audit: PASS (buttons full width, labels one line, charity linked, local spellings as entities) --\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.mc-orn{max-width:100%;}.mc-orn p{margin:0 0 1em 0;line-height:1.6;}.mc-orn a{color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn{display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;padding:13px 16px;margin:0 0 14px 0;background:#F0EAD6;color:#1a1a1a;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.03em;border-radius:4px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn:hover{background:#E6DEC4;}.mc-orn .mc-spec{font-weight:600;}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mc-orn\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"mc-btn\" href=\"\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\"\u003eOther Town \u0026amp; Animal Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA prize cabbage wider than a wheelbarrow on a fairground table, a red rosette pinned to it, pitchfork and mountains behind. Palmer grows them big.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Matanuska Valley gets nineteen hours of summer daylight, and the cabbages respond. Every August the state fair in Palmer holds a weigh-off, and the winners come in by forklift: the record is over 138 pounds, grown a few miles from the fairgrounds. The giant vegetable barn is the first place locals take visitors and the last place they leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe valley was settled in 1935 by farm families sent north during the Depression. The cabbages are their descendants' proof that it worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vegetable as a symbol is funny until you see one. Then it is just Palmer. The 1ST rosette is the holiday touch and the one bit of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe giant cabbage of the Alaska State Fair is grown in the Matanuska Valley around Palmer, Alaska, where the giant vegetables of Alaska come in by forklift. This cabbage ornament is a vegetable ornament and Alaska ornament for anyone who has seen the weigh-off, a piece of Palmer history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-spec\"\u003e3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Palmer ornament ships ready to give, and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/landing-page-charity\"\u003eprofits support hunger relief\u003c\/a\u003e. 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