There were lots of pumpkins to buy that did not even include the giant piramid.
Mom found a shortcut through the corn to get to the place where we found the small pie pumpkins. Becky and I both took photos of Mom at about the same time. Mom was having fun.
This was the section next to the corn field where the $2 size pie pumpkins were. All four of us each picked out a pumpkin.
John and Becky picked out cute pumpkins, except John found the only upside down one.
Idid not get a photo of the really large ones, so I copied this one from Becky's blog. The pumpkin between John and me was the 2nd heavyest one. It was over 1300 lbs. The heavyest one was 1390 lbs but it did not look as large because it spread out more under its own weight. 
This was the section next to the corn field where the $2 size pie pumpkins were. All four of us each picked out a pumpkin.
John and Becky picked out cute pumpkins, except John found the only upside down one.
Idid not get a photo of the really large ones, so I copied this one from Becky's blog. The pumpkin between John and me was the 2nd heavyest one. It was over 1300 lbs. The heavyest one was 1390 lbs but it did not look as large because it spread out more under its own weight. 
For the last several years there has been a new world record set for the heavyest pumpkin. This year the new record is 1810.5 lbs for a pumpkin grown in Wisconsin. The 2009 record was 1725 lbs in Ohio. If you are intersted in reading more about giant pumpkin records, check out this link:
4 comments:
Are you guys each going to try making a pumpkin pie with your small pumpkins? Those are some fun pictures. Was John's a real upside down pumpkin, or was he just holding it upside down?
That is a really big pumpkin. But it doesn't look like it should weigh 1300 lbs. Maybe my concept of weight/size is off. I like the picture of Mom coming out of the corn field.
I'm too lazy to try making pie out of a real pumpkin. I think I'll just use pie filling from a can instead. The real shock is, the pumpkin was right side up. I'm the one who is upside down.
Dad completely forgot to mention that we bought a pumpkin for Rocky. We haven't given it to him yet, but I know he's gonna love it!
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