SCOTTSVILLE, N.Y. -- Just shy of 10 days before Halloween, prospective jack o’ lanterns are in abundance.

At Stokoe Farms in Scottsville, Suzanne Stokoe has been entertaining hundreds of guests, many of which came looking for the perfect pumpkin.

"This has been a really good year for pumpkin production,” said Stokoe, the owner of Stokoe Farms. “After last year, we had record drought so that was tough. It started off rough, a very wet spring, but we got our pumpkins in at the right time, with just the right amount of rain and sunshine. Now we have a really good crop of big, bright, orange pumpkins."

The consistent rains and plentiful sunshine made pumpkin growing better than it had been in recent memory, despite the spring flooding. 12-year-old Abigail Funk came to Stokoe Farms with her parents on Sunday in preparation for Halloween, and says there's a trick to finding the right shape, size and color.

"I want the pumpkins to be nice, big, orange and round, with a good stem to hold when I carve it," said Funk. “You're going to say ‘Oh no I like this one better! And you are just going to keep doing that until you find one that really speaks to you.’"

Fortunately, Abigail got to the patch early, so it wasn't long before she found a few she liked. As for the pumpkins, Stokoe Farms doesn't see them running out anytime soon, and any that don't get chosen will be cycled back into the soil for next year.