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10-12-2009, 04:17 AM
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Ohio Salutes 1,725-Pound Pumpkin
Canton, Ohio (Oct. 7) -- A teacher from Ohio has won top honors in a pumpkin-growing contest with a 1,725-pound behemoth that could land worldwide bragging rights.
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Scott Heckel, The Canton Repository/AP51 photos
Christy Harp of Jackson Township, Ohio, has got herself a 1,725-pound pumpkin. The schoolteacher took first place and a $2,500 prize at the Oct. 3 Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers annual weigh-off. This great gourd set a record. It's 36 pounds heavier than the previous record-holder grown in 2007 by Joe Jutras of North Scituate, R.I.
Christy Harp of Jackson Township near Canton took first place at the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers annual weigh-off Saturday in Canfield. She won $2,500 and could claim the world title.
Contest organizers say the entry topped the 1,689-pound record-holder grown in 2007 by Joe Jutras of North Scituate, R.I.
The seeds from Harp's winning pumpkin will be dried and given to anyone who asks.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
link (http://news.aol.com/article/christy-harps-1725-pound-pumpkin-takes/707341)
Ohio Salutes 1,725-Pound Pumpkin
Canton, Ohio (Oct. 7) -- A teacher from Ohio has won top honors in a pumpkin-growing contest with a 1,725-pound behemoth that could land worldwide bragging rights.
http://www.aolcdn.com/_media/kegallerypub/blank.gif
Scott Heckel, The Canton Repository/AP51 photos
Christy Harp of Jackson Township, Ohio, has got herself a 1,725-pound pumpkin. The schoolteacher took first place and a $2,500 prize at the Oct. 3 Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers annual weigh-off. This great gourd set a record. It's 36 pounds heavier than the previous record-holder grown in 2007 by Joe Jutras of North Scituate, R.I.
Christy Harp of Jackson Township near Canton took first place at the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers annual weigh-off Saturday in Canfield. She won $2,500 and could claim the world title.
Contest organizers say the entry topped the 1,689-pound record-holder grown in 2007 by Joe Jutras of North Scituate, R.I.
The seeds from Harp's winning pumpkin will be dried and given to anyone who asks.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.