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PALMER -- Growers vying for the title in the Alaska State Fair's Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off must face down the Alaska garden axis of evil: slugs, moose and cloudy skies.
But a rare opponent surfaced this year in the quest for the cruciferous crown.
The sun.
Even weigh-off champion Steve Hubacek, a Wasilla dentist who won the cabbage competition and a $2,000 pot Friday night, conceded defeat to the summer's record-high temperatures.
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Alaska Dispatch Publishing