Today, both NHPR and the Concord Monitor reported on the 4th graders lobbying the state government to make the pumpkin the New Hampshire state fruit. However, apple growers are supporting the apple (natch) as the state fruit. In the pumpkin's favor is that Vermont already designated the apple as its state fruit, and New Hampshire has a habit of forging its own path.
The downside of the debate is that the students seem to have also discovered ennui with a dose of Weltschmerz:
After the hearing, students like 9 year old Madison Norris said she didn't expect any opposition to the pumpkin plan: "When we heard [the apple supporters] going against the pumpkin, we were all like bummed out, because he was going against us... I think it should work out. I think I was bummed out because Ms. Frick said don't be bummed out. But it was hard not to. I don't know why. But I just was."
