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Questions about the early 1900's world record pumpkin:

weigh?
growers name?
year?
location grown?

thanks
Gordon

9/21/2005 3:33:36 PM

Indiana

400 Warnock 1900 Goderich, ON, CA
401 Warnock 1903 Goderich, ON, CA weighed at St Louis Worlds Fair

At school going off of memory, so double check this if you got the info somewhere.

Tom

9/21/2005 3:52:50 PM

Utah

I found this after googling

World record pumpkins:
Year     lbs     grower
1900 400 William Warnock Goderich, Ontario, Canada
1903 403 William Warnock Goderich, Ontario, Canada

Next world record wasn't until 1976 ... 73 years later !
1976 451 ???? Pennsylvania USA

here is the reference ... a VERY INTERESTING read on pumpkin history.
http://outside.away.com/magazine/0297/9702fepump.html

anybody have the world records from 1976 to the present ...

9/21/2005 5:01:41 PM

Utah

1900 was the year of the St. Louis fair.

9/21/2005 5:02:06 PM

Long Island,New York

Rumor has it Craig Lembe came in second that year and Jerry Rose was third.......lol

9/21/2005 5:38:19 PM

Md/ Usa

1976 451
1980 459
1981 493
1984 612
1986 671
1989 755
1990 816.5
1992 827
1993 884
1994 990
1996 1061
1998 1092
1999 1131
2000 1140
2001 1262
2002 1337.6
2003 1385
2004 1446

9/21/2005 11:17:40 PM

Utah

thanks Matt !
I should have asked for the growers too?

I know the 1992 827 was Joel Holland
and I know 1994 to the present.
looking for the others and location grown too.
thanks!

9/22/2005 9:51:00 AM

Md/ Usa

Grower:Bob Ford
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :
Weight:451
Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1976

Grower:Howard Dill
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:459
Location: Windsor NS CAN
Year : 1980

Grower:Howard Dill
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight: 493.5
Location: Windsor, Nova Scotia CAN
Year : 1981

Grower: Norman Gallagher
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:612
Location: Chelen,Washington,USA
Year : 1984

Grower:Robert Gancarz
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:671
Location: Jacobson NJ ,USA
Year:1986

9/22/2005 11:07:22 AM

Md/ Usa

Grower: gordon thompson
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight: 755
Location: hemmingford QC CAN
Year : 1989

Grower: Ed Gancarz
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight: 816.5
Location: Wrightstown, NJ USA
Year : 1990

Grower: Joel. Holland
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight: 827
Location: Puyallup,WA USA
Year : 1992

Grower:don black
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight: 884 lbs
Location: Winthrop Ny USA
Year : 1993

Grower: H. BAX
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:990
Location: Lyon Baltimore, Ontario CAN
Year : 1994

Grower: Nathan & Paula Zehr
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1061
Location: Watson NY USA
Year : 1996

Grower:Gary Burke
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1092
Location:Simcoe ON CAN
Year : 1998

Grower:Gerry Checkon
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1262
Location: Pensylvania USA
Year : 1999

Grower: Dave Stelts
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1140
Location:Letonia, OH,USA
Year:2000

Grower:Geneva Emmons
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1262
Location: Sammamish Wa USA
Year : 2001

Grower: Charles Houghton
Vegetable type: Pumpkin
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1337.6
Location:Charles Houghton,USA
Year : 2002

Grower:Steve Daletas
Vegetable type: Pumpkin
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1385
Location: Pleasant Hill, OR, USA
Year : 2003

Grower: Al Eaton
Vegetable type: Pumpkin
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1446
Location:Richmond, Ontario. Canada
Year : 2004

9/22/2005 11:07:31 AM

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Great job Matt!

9/22/2005 2:28:42 PM

That State Up North

You have a typo, 1999 should have been:

Grower:Gerry Checkon
Vegetable type: PUMPKIN
Variety :Atlantic Giant
Weight:1131
Location: Pensylvania USA
Year : 1999


Nic Welty

9/23/2005 8:23:57 AM

Massillon, Ohio

This thread came SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO in handy when I was researching for info for a math class example. THANKS !!!

2/21/2007 7:18:58 PM