Giant Pumpkin Weighing 2,528 Pounds May Set Record in U.S. History
October 1, 2018 By Wendy
This 2,528-pound pumpkin may be the new face to the U.S. record for giant pumpkins.
Photo by: Deerfield Fair
Over the weekend the giant pumpkin/squash winner was announced at the 142nd Deerfield Fair in Deerfield, New Hampshire. Steve Geddes from Boscawen came out the winner with his pumpkin weighing in at 2,528 pounds. While still waiting confirmation, it’s believed that this pumpkin may hold the new United States record for giant pumpkins.
To beat the Guinness World Records, it would have had to defeat the winner from 2016, Mathias Willemijn of Germany with his pumpkin weighing 2,624.6 pounds. While Geddes’ pumpkin is just shy of beating that record by about 97 pounds, it’s still a pumpkin that deserves recognition for being one of the biggest grown in North America.
If all this pumpkin talk has you psyched for pumpkin picking, there are plenty of pumpkin patches to visit this Fall! Find one near you right here on PumpkinPatches.com!
Let us know in the comments below how many pounds of pumpkin you bring home from the pumpkin patches this Fall!
