How Much Pumpkin Pie Can You Make With That?

The changing of leaves, the chilly weather, and going apple picking are all associated with the fall season, also with that are the buying, cutting, and eating of pumpkins. The record for the largest grown pumpkin was about 460 pounds until Howard Dill, a Nova Scotia grower grew a near 500 pound pumpkin in the 1980s. He patented the seed, so now every years pumpkin growers seek out to find the Dill’s Atlantic Giant. Pumpkins since has been unceasingly growing and by the 1990s that largest pumpkin hit the 1000 pound mark. This years, Joe Jutras grew and broke the world record with his 1,689-pounder and won $5000. Not completely satisfied with his achievement his new goal is to grow a 2000 pound pumpkin for next year. The super big pumpkins had often been compared to obese people saying they are "stretched beyond the capacity of their skins. They can be lopsided, collapsed-looking, with flattened bottoms, as if unable to support their weight." In the pumpkin world however the bigger the better. Mr. Wallace, last years winner said that his pumpkin was heading to the Late Show With David Letterman were it will be filled with dynamite and blowup.

Giant pumpkin growing won international fame when William Warnock of Goderich, Ontario, Canada, sent a 400 pound specimen to the Paris World's Fair in 1900. The pumpkin was awarded a bronze medal and a diploma from the French government. Warnock's previous record was a 365 pounder in 1893. He later grew a 403 pounder in 1903 to beat his record, a record that would not be broken until 1976 when Bob Ford of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, US grew a 451 pound pumpkin at the U.S. Pumpkin Contest in Churchville, PA.