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THE GREAT PUMPKIN; Farmer carves out record...

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Oct 5, 2008
        
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ELK GROVE, CA - Elk Grove is keeping up its reputation as home to California's biggest pumpkins -- even if they are coming from north of the border. A massive pumpkin weighing in at 1,536.5 pounds broke the California state record for largest pumpkin at the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin and Harvest Festival Saturday at the Elk Grove Regional Park. The super-squash, grown by Jake van Kooten of Port Alberni, Vancouver Island in Canada, almost literally crushed a field of worthy competition, including more than a half-dozen pumpkins that weighed in at over 1,000 pounds, festival organizer Zach Jones said. The formidable fruit, which had to be transported off its Canadian island home by ferry, broke the California record of... [read full story]                    

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Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

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Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

cbs4denver.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

wcco.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

cbs11tv.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

wcbstv.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

cbs5.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

cbs2chicago.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

kdka.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

cbs4boston.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

Farmer Carves Out Calif. Record With Huge Pumpkin

cbs3.com
Oct 6, 2008
        

That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the...

                   

Festival Association readies for Pumpkin Festival

fosters.com
Oct 3, 2008
        

"Everything's pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin." So Cauchon, with the help of the Somersworth Festival Association, has prepared events for children and adults of all ages. Now in its sixth year, the Pumpkin Festival also offers...