A Volkswagon Beattle? Smart Car? How about Rosie O'Donnell or Roseanne Barr? Nope, they are heavier.
Nah, it's a pumpkin grown in New Richmond, WI.
From jsonline: Chris Stevens didn't start gardening until a few years ago, but the New Richmond man quickly has risen through the ranks of giant pumpkin growers - admittedly a small, but hearty band of jack-o'-lantern fanatics - to become pumpkin king.
Stevens grabbed the world record last year with a pumpkin that topped out at 1,810.5 pounds. This year he hoped to break his great gourd title. But a hot and humid summer dashed his plans and this year's whopper was more svelte than last year's beauty: only 1,575 pounds.
Though he won the Wisconsin title in Nekoosa this month - with a smaller pumpkin that weighed 1,481 pounds - Stevens was disappointed to take third place at the huge pumpkin weigh-off at Stillwater, Minn., last weekend, which is kind of the Super Bowl for giant pumpkin farmers. But his world record remains unbroken.
"I got beat by the South Dakota state record holder and the Minnesota state record holder," Stevens said in a phone interview Tuesday. "In reality I shouldn't be (disappointed.) We had a brutal weather year, but so did the other two guys."
These aren't your garden variety pumpkins. Naturally it starts with the seed. Stevens uses Atlantic Giant seeds, genetically modified over the years to grow stupendous squash. He gets his seeds from his huge pumpkins and trades with other growers.
Last year his world record holder yielded only 27 seeds. He auctioned one of them for charity. The high bidder forked over $1,625.
For one pumpkin seed. That's about a week's worth of Martini's for Oscar Goodman.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/new-richmond-man-grows-stupendous-squash-131557258.html
Nah, it's a pumpkin grown in New Richmond, WI.
From jsonline: Chris Stevens didn't start gardening until a few years ago, but the New Richmond man quickly has risen through the ranks of giant pumpkin growers - admittedly a small, but hearty band of jack-o'-lantern fanatics - to become pumpkin king.
Stevens grabbed the world record last year with a pumpkin that topped out at 1,810.5 pounds. This year he hoped to break his great gourd title. But a hot and humid summer dashed his plans and this year's whopper was more svelte than last year's beauty: only 1,575 pounds.
Though he won the Wisconsin title in Nekoosa this month - with a smaller pumpkin that weighed 1,481 pounds - Stevens was disappointed to take third place at the huge pumpkin weigh-off at Stillwater, Minn., last weekend, which is kind of the Super Bowl for giant pumpkin farmers. But his world record remains unbroken.
"I got beat by the South Dakota state record holder and the Minnesota state record holder," Stevens said in a phone interview Tuesday. "In reality I shouldn't be (disappointed.) We had a brutal weather year, but so did the other two guys."
These aren't your garden variety pumpkins. Naturally it starts with the seed. Stevens uses Atlantic Giant seeds, genetically modified over the years to grow stupendous squash. He gets his seeds from his huge pumpkins and trades with other growers.
Last year his world record holder yielded only 27 seeds. He auctioned one of them for charity. The high bidder forked over $1,625.
For one pumpkin seed. That's about a week's worth of Martini's for Oscar Goodman.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/new-richmond-man-grows-stupendous-squash-131557258.html
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