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Pumpkin squashes competition in Calif. weigh-off
[October 14, 2009] HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) -- A giant pumpkin from Iowa is the prize of the patch after squashing the competition in a heavyweight championship on California's coast. The gigantic gourd tipped the scales at 1,658 pounds to win the 36th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay on Monday.
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The pumpkin set a new weight record for California. Contest spokesman Tim Beeman says the old state record was 1,535 pounds. At $6 a pound, Des Moines grower Don Young will take home a $9,948 prize. He says he didn't expect to win and is very happy. The sizable squash falls short of the world record apparently set last week at an Ohio weigh-off by one registering 1,725 pounds. Young's winning gourd will be shown off this weekend at the Half Moon Bay pumpkin festival. |
