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The record for the world's heaviest pumpkin, 1,247 kg (2,749 lb), was most recently set in 2023. [59] There's a Finnish pumpkin festival called Pumpkin Weeks (Kurpitsaviikot), which are held every October in Salo, Finland, and there, at the local field, thousands of different sizes pumpkins and carved jack-o'-lanterns are presented to tourists ...
Rudy wasn't a world record pumpkin, though. The world record is 2,749 pounds, set by Gienger's pumpkin named Michael Jordan in 2023. In 2022, Gienger grew Maverick the Pumpkin. At 2,560 pounds, it ...
Gymnopetalum calyculatum Miq. Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either Central America or northern South America. [2] It includes cultivars known as squash or pumpkin. C. moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. maxima or C. pepo. They also generally display a greater resistance to ...
A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). Travis ...
World production of oil pumpkins is estimated at a total area of 600,000 hectares and a total yield of 200,000 tonnes of pumpkin seeds. Of this, approximately 120,000 tonnes of pumpkin seeds are produced in China. Huge quantities of these seeds also end up on the European market. [15] World consumption of pumpkin seeds is as follows:
Last year, Grienger shattered the world record with a colossal 2,749-pound pumpkin – a bit less than the average adult female hippopotamus – earning him the coveted $30,000 grand prize.
Cucurbita maxima, known for modern varieties as Hubbard, Delicious, Marblehead, Boston Marrow, and Turks Turban, originated in northern Argentina near the Andes or in certain Andean valleys. [4] Secondary centers of diversity include India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the southern Appalachians. Different squash types of this species were ...
1890 – The City and South London Railway (carriage pictured), the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell. 1912 – The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".