Giant pumpkin

A giant pumpkin is an orange fruit of the squash C. maxima commonly weighing from 150 pounds to over one ton.[1]

Not to be confused with Great Pumpkin or Great Pumpkin (disambiguation).
A giant pumpkin being grown in Japan.

World record giant pumpkins by year
  • 2016 - Mathias Willemijns, Belgium, 2,624.6 pounds (1,190.5 kg)[2]
  • 2014 - Beni Meier, Switzerland, 2,323.7 lb (1,054.0 kg)[3]
  • 2013 - Tim Mathison, California, 2,032 lb (922 kg)[4]
  • 2012 - Ron Wallace, Rhode Island, 2,009 lb (911 kg)[5]
  • 2011 - Jim and Kelsey Bryson, Quebec, 1,818.5 lb (824.9 kg)[6]
  • 2010 - Chris Stevens, Wisconsin, 1,810.5 lb (821.2 kg)[7]
  • 2009 - Christy Harp, Ohio, 1,725 lb (782 kg)[8]
  • 2007 - Joe Jutras, Rhode island, 1,689 lb (766 kg) [9]
  • 2006 - Ron Wallace, Rhode Island, 1,502 lb (681 kg) [9]
  • 2005 - Larry Checkon, Pennsylvania, 1,469 lb (666 kg) [9]
  • 2004 - Al Eaton, Ontario, 1,446 lb (656 kg)[9]
  • 2003 - Steve Daletas, Oregon, 1,385 lb (628 kg)[9]
  • 2002 - Charlie Houghton, New Hampshire, 1,337.6 lb (607 kg)[9]
  • 2001 - Geneva Emmons, Washington, 1,262 lb (572 kg)[9]
  • 2000 - Dave Stelts, Ohio, 1,140 lb (517 kg)[9]
  • 1999 - Gerry Checkon, Pennsylvania, 1,131 lb (513 kg)[9]
  • 1998 - Gary Burke, Ontario, 1,092 lb (495 kg)[9]
  • 1996 - Nathan and Paula Zehr, New York, 1,061 lb (481 kg)[9]
  • 1994 - Herman Bax, Ontario, 990 lb (449 kg)[9]
  • 1993 - Donald Black, New York, 884 lb (401 kg)[9]
  • 1992 - Joel Holland, Washington, 827 lb (375 kg)[9]
  • 1990 - Ed Gancarz, New Jersey, 816.5 lb (370 kg)[9]
  • 1989 - Gordon Thomson, Ontario, 755 lb (342 kg)[9]
  • 1984 - Norm Gallagher, Washington, 612 lb (276 kg)[9]
  • 1981 - Howard Dill, Nova Scotia, 493.5 lb (224 kg)[9]
  • 1980 - Howard Dill, Nova Scotia, 459 lb (208 kg)[9]
  • 1976 - Edgar Van Wyck, Manitoba, 453 lb (206 kg)[10]
  • 1976 - Bob Ford, Pennsylvania, 451 lb (205 kg)[9]
  • 1904 - William Warnock, Ontario, 403 lb (183 kg)[9]
  • 1900 - William Warnock, Ontario, 400 lb (181 kg)[9]

Record for country
  • Belgium 1,190.5 kilograms (2,625 lb) set 2016, by Mathias Willemijns
  • England 1,176.5 kilograms (2,594 lb) set 2020, by Ian and Stuart Paton
  • Germany 916.5 kg (2,021 lb) set 2018, by Mario Wuersching
  • South Africa 860 kg (1,900 lb) set 2020, by Piet Lotz [11]
  • Spain 1,157.5 kg (2,552 lb) set 2020, by Ruben Mendi
  • Additional pumpkin records by Country, State, Province

References
  1. Karl, J. R. 2014. Cleaning the Giant Pumpkin ISBN 9781512074567
  2. "Belgian man's pumpkin sets world record at a whopping 2,624 pounds". Washington Post.
  3. "World record pumpkin seed bears fruit". 7 October 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
  4. TODOROV, KERANA. "One-ton victory for Napa man's world-record pumpkin".
  5. Marturana, Amy (5 October 2012). "Ron Wallace Grows The Largest Pumpkin, Breaking World Record (VIDEO)" – via Huff Post.
  6. Paddock, Barry. "World's largest pumpkin - almost a ton - debuts at Bronx's Botanical Garden - NY Daily News".
  7. Post, AP/Huffington (22 October 2010). "World's Largest Pumpkin 2010: Chris Stevens's 1,810-Pound Gourd Declared New Record By Guinness (PHOTOS)" – via Huff Post.
  8. Miller, Tracy. "Record-breaking pumpkin thought to be world's largest weighs in at 1,725 pounds - NY Daily News".
  9. "Don Langevin's GiantPumpkin.com". www.giantpumpkin.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  10. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/vanwyck_eh.shtml
  11. https://giantpumpkins.co.nz/new-south-african-giant-pumpkin-record-2020/

Further reading
  • Susan Warren, Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-59691-278-2
  • Don Langevin, How-to-Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins, III, Annedawn Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0963279319
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