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Squashed Already: NY Farmer's Days-Old Pumpkin All-Time Record Broken (Barely!)
Well, that didn’t last long.
Just one week after a farmer in upstate New York set the record for the heaviest pumpkin ever grown in North America, that record has already been squashed by a grower in Minnesota.
The massive 2,560-pound gourd was unveiled in California on Monday, Oct. 10, at the 49th Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, near San Francisco.
Earlier Report: Good Gourd: NY Farmer Breaks Record For Heaviest Pumpkin In North America
Grown by Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, it just barely beat out the previous pumpkin king, Scott Andrusz, of Willi…
Good Gourd: NY Farmer Breaks Record For Heaviest Pumpkin In North America
A farmer in upstate New York can make a whole lot of pies after squashing the record for the heaviest pumpkin ever grown in North America.
The 2,554-pound gourd was unveiled in Erie County Saturday, Oct. 1, at the World Pumpkin Weigh Off, held at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, located about 15 miles northeast of Buffalo.
Grown by Scott Andrusz, of Williamsville, it shattered the previous national record of 2,528 pounds, the farm announced.
Before then, the heaviest ever grown in New York was 2,517 pounds.
💥NY STATE RECORD BROKEN TODAY!!! 💥
🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃2554 lbs 😮 Posted by The Great Pu…
