Portland, Nov 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nestle which is the major retailer of pumpkin pie products in the US has revealed that poor weather hurt its pumpkin harvest, which in turn has created a potential shortage of its Libby’s pumpkin pie products through the holidays.

The company said that heavy rains made it nearly impossible to pick its pumpkins during this year’s harvest. The longer the pumpkins sit in the muddy fields, the more they deteriorate. As a result, the company announced this week that it would not pack any more pumpkins for the season, which implies that it may be hard to find its canned pumpkin and pumpkin pie filling product until next year’s harvest.

“Mother Nature had other plans for us,” the company said in an open apology to its customers through the Internet.

Nestle is the largest national brand for canned pumpkin products, with 80 percent to 90 percent of the market, the company said.

Nestle plants a special variety of pumpkin at a farm in Morton, Ill., which is responsible nearly all its supply of pumpkin.