Giant Pumpkins, As Mentioned In Local Reports

 
An old photo of a pumpkin field near McEwensville Pa

1885 Sunbury

131 3/4 lbs

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1913, Milton

A sweet pumpkin raised by Harry Hause, 30 Bound avenue in Milton, was displayed in Clarence Summers Window in Milton.  The Pumpkin was 37 inches long, 45 inches around, and weighed 94 pounds.

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1912 Kulpmont

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September 1953

Trevorton

Five 130 lb pumpkins from one vine

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Pumpkins at The Beaver Run Auction 2021

Ranging in size from 185lbs, 200lbs, and 350lbs

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-beaver-run-amish-run-consignment.html

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World Record Was

1810.5 lbs in 2010

Current record, as of 2020, is 2624.6

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In 2021, the largest pumpkin in the world was grown in New York

It weighed 1810.5lbs.  The record was broken yearly.  In 2020, the record was granted to a grower in Germany, with a pumpkin weighing 2624.6 lbs

https://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/giantpumpkins.htm

Find the Pennsylvania Giant Pumpkin Growers Association Here:

https://www.facebook.com/BigVeggies/

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Penelope's Pumpkin is a Children's Book written by a local author in 2021

Find it At Rohrbachs in Catawissa, or on Amazon here:

https://amzn.to/2YeI10X