A pumpkin grown in Williamsville, New York, had just beat the national record for the heaviest pumpkin. Presented on October 1 at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, the pumpkin weighed 2,554 pounds, beating the previous national record of 2,528. In other words, this pumpkin is the heaviest in the United States. This pumpkin's not the heaviest in the world, however. That record belongs to another pumpkin grown by an Italian farmer, with a weight of 2,702 pounds.
Still, this is a massive achievement for the local pumpkin grower Scott Andrusz. He states that he just wanted to break the New York State record of 2,517 pounds; he did not expect to set a new national record.
The pumpkin will be displayed through October 16 at none other than the Great Pumpkin Farm, a festival known for everything pumpkin-related, may it be pumpkin patches and pumpkin cannons.
Now that's one heavy pumpkin. I wonder how many people carried it.
(Image Credit: The Great Pumpkin Farm)
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