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Soddy-Daisy girl grows 35-pound cabbage, wins $1,000

Lauren McGill
Lauren McGill Lauren McGill
photo Lauren McGill
photo The small plant the cabbage grew from.

A Soddy-Daisy girl has grown a 35-pound cabbage.

Soddy Elementary School third-grader Lauren McGill is Tennessee’s state winner in the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program.

She was selected by the state agriculture department to receive a $1,000 saving bond toward education from Bonnie Plants.

Pictured at right is the plant she began with.