According to the University of Illinois Extension, pumpkins range in weight from less than a pound to over 1,000 pounds. But the largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 2,261 pounds!
I wonder how long it took to carve?
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According to the University of Illinois Extension, pumpkins range in weight from less than a pound to over 1,000 pounds. But the largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 2,261 pounds!
I wonder how long it took to carve?
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Check out this festival in Maine. Crazy folks, Pumpkin Regatta, Pumpkin Hurl, Massive pumpkin carvings. This year’s largest pumpkin weighed in at 1711 pounds.
http://www.mainepumpkinfest.com