And the Pumpkin King checks in:
OK>....Things to know about this acomplishment:
1) This "Safeway Grocery" store sponsered event is NOT the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP event, but merely one of MANY Int'l weighoffs for growing the "big uns"
2) 1229 pounds is a nice accomplishment for this guy, it's NOT THE WORLD RECORD! far from it actually...The NEW WORLD RECORD was grown by a Canuck and tips the scales at over 1400 lbs! (Wan the full story? Check out my mates sight at :
http://www.pumpkinnook.com/ )
3) Big monsters like this DO make Excelent carvers (provided your talented enough to cut through the up to 3 inchs of shell and not crack the pumpkin)
4) Peppos (the pumpkin is actually a smaller squash, a Peppo are the giants) do NOT make good pie...You can eat them, but they're rather bitter and "chunky", so they're not a very smooth pie filling.
and finally 5)Once again, PumpkinHollow IL was in the running for 3rd in state (my total: 735lb....Still striving for the 1000 lb club)
:P
