Sunday, October 10, 2010
Largest Pumpkin - world record set by Chris Stevens
STILLWATER, Minn., USA-- Chris Stevensof New Richmond, Wis., has grown a massive pumpkin that tips the scales at 1,810.5 pounds - setting the new world record for the Largest Pumpkin.
Photo: Chris Stevens stands next to his
World's Largest Pumpkin. ( enlarge photo
)
The previous
Guinness World record for the Largest Pumpkin weighed 1,725 and was grown last year in Ohio.
Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wis., submitted his giant gourd at the Stillwater Harvest Fest.
When the official weight was announced, the 32-year-old contractor pumped his fist and the crowd roared.
Stevens says his secret is a precise mixture of sunshine, rain, cow manure, fish emulsion and seaweed.
Online: Stillwater Harvest Fest
Other big pumpkins were used in the Giant Pumpkin Regatta.
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Sunday, October 10, 2010