Pumpkin weighs in at 1,807.5 pounds


November 17, 2011 at 4:20a.m.

CANFIELD

Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers weighed the U.S. champion pumpkin at their October competition. The club’s 17th annual weigh-off took place at Parks Garden Center, near Canfield.

The new champions are Dave and Carol Stelts of Edinburgh, Pa. Their pumpkin weighed 1,807.5, the third-heaviest recorded.

Steve Razo of New Middletown had the third-largest Connecticut field pumpkin at 150.5 pounds.