Re: Pumpkin record in NZ?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Pumpkin record in NZ?
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:10:08 EST
Nick,
Just talked to Hugh Wiberg. He says Topsfield holds the World Record at 106
entries...3 were reclassified as squash. So 103 pumpkins and 3 squash and 1
watermellon. Last year Port Elgin had 92 and ottawa had 52, Ohio had 54. I
don't think these are all time highs for some of the others, but Topsfield
appears to be on top. I am one of the assistant directors of the craziness at
Topsfield. It is held in an indoor arena with (4) 8 man lifting teams, (3)
Forklifts and two digital scales with big remote readouts.......it's cool, but
we are pushing the limits of man and machine in the time available. In a few
weeks the directors will have a meeting to try to improve material handling
even more. Every year it gets bigger and there is rumbling about a minimum
weight limit before things go ballistic. I want to avoid minimum weights so we
don't discourage the newcomers.
pumkinguy
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