Giant pumpkin
Not to be confused with Great Pumpkin or Great Pumpkin (disambiguation).
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A group of giant pumpkins
A giant pumpkin is an orange fruit of the squash C. maxima commonly weighing from 150 pounds to over one ton.[1]
World record giant pumpkins by year
- 2016 - Mattias Willemyens, 2623.5 pounds (1190.5 kg)[2]
- 2014 - Beni Meier, 2323.7 pounds (1054 kg)[3]
- 2013 - Tim Mathison, 2032 pounds (921 kg)[4]
- 2012 - Ron Wallace, 2009 pounds (911 kg)[4]
- 2011 - Jim and Kelsey Bryson, 1818.5 pounds (824 kg)[4]
- 2010 - Chris Stevens, 1810.5 pounds (821 kg)[4]
- 2009 - Christy Harp, 1725 pounds (782 kg)[4]
Record for country
- Belgium 1190kg set 2016, by Mattias Willemyens
- Germany 901kg set 2016, by Wuersching
- South Africa 506kg set 2016, by Shirley Olivier
- Spain 469kg set 2003, by Carlos Perez
References
- ↑ Karl, J. R. 2014. Cleaning the Giant Pumpkin ISBN 9781512074567
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcr5EHEzI5g
- ↑ http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=186&gid=62
- 1 2 3 4 5 http://pumpkinnook.com/giants/giantpumpkins.htm
- Walker, Matt (13 January 2015). "The biggest fruit in the world". BBC Earth. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
Further reading
- Susan Warren, Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-59691-278-2
- Don Langevin, How-to-Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins, III, Annedawn Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0963279319
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