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Pumpkin weighs in at 1,807.5 pounds

Thursday, November 17, 2011

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.