Re: Lost Trails
In the book I have here by Don Langevin, he list a number of people
that have a history with pumpkins. However most of the credit seems to
belong to Howard Dill and his work with seeds from pumpkins his family
had for years and seed from a record pumpkin by another Canadain grower
Willian Warnock.
Warnock grew a 403lb pumpkin in 1903, a record that held for 75
years. Dill broke that record in 1979 with a 438.5 pumpkin. He, Dill, is
the holder of the patent of the Alantic Giant Pumpkins.
There is more detail in the Langevin book; " How to grow World Class
Giant Pumpkins.
Hope that helps some.
The above info, dates and weights, was taken from Don Lanngevin's
book with out permission of the author
Gary
Duke Center,
Pa.
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