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Maine

Congratulations to Tom lishness with his 1114 for the new Maine state record. I got a chance to talk with Tom for a bit and this was his FIRST year growing. Great job Tom!

I will be posting pics in a minute!

9/25/2005 3:04:40 PM

wow-nice job tom

9/25/2005 3:05:37 PM

Maine

It went heavy, OTT was 370 for a estimate of 1060. Grown from a 351 Langevine.

9/25/2005 3:23:21 PM

addison Il

now thats great news a newbie yeah congrats to him

9/25/2005 4:46:58 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

great job lish!

9/25/2005 4:49:14 PM

Bristol, ME (stunner906@roadrunner.com)

1st Tom Lishness 1114
2nd John Powers 1093
3rd Bill Clark 754
4th Sherry Spaulding 740
5th Wayne Hurst 702
6th Ross Holmes 697
7th Darrell Jordan 601
8th Al Berard 575
9th Shirley Jones 553
10th John Chandler 553

Full Results will be up on mainepumpkins.com in a couple days. Congratulations to Tom and John for having the first 2 pumpkins in Maine over 1000. As a heartbreaking side note, John Powers also had another fruit that had a blown blossom that went 1170. Great day in Maine, nice job everyone.

9/25/2005 6:16:24 PM

Maine

Sorry my mistake it was from a 371 Langevine

9/25/2005 8:48:00 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Great Job Tom... Very nice for your first year out

9/25/2005 11:44:22 PM

Puyallup, WA

1100 lbs on your first year growing? There ought to be a law against it! ;>)

9/25/2005 11:57:34 PM

Ohio

Wow, that is a great job! whats the cross of the 371!

9/26/2005 11:31:56 AM

Maine

His 1114 is (371.8 est Langevine X 551.1 est langevine).

371.8 (723 bobier x 845Bobier)
551.1 (1016 daletas x 846 Calai

9/26/2005 11:57:43 AM

So. Maine

Congrats Tom .......where are ya , sleeping ?

9/27/2005 2:52:21 AM

So. Maine

Congrats to John Powers also , that 1093 was a tall one . That & his 1170 made a nice set of twins. As for 3rd place stunner..........WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR ! BUDDY.

9/28/2005 2:33:30 AM

Twins thats funny..thats what I've been calling them.I want to congratulate Tom(I hear he is going to set another state record on Sat,)for his outstanding accomplishments..The rest of us have are work cut out for us..And I'd also like to thank Al Berard and Bill Clark for getting all those Maine growers together at one weigh-off..I hope the folks at Cumberland Fair took notice..

9/28/2005 3:59:33 AM

Bristol, ME (stunner906@roadrunner.com)

Well, we got Tom's other fruit loaded up and ready to head out for Topsfield in the morning. It tapes half an inch less than the 1114 but she has a difficult shape to measure.
Just by looking at it, he's all over 1000 for the second time this year, but we'll find out in the morning.

Good Luck Tom and for anyone headed down, look for the lawn gnome strapped to the pumpkin.....:)

9/30/2005 7:34:38 PM

Bristol, ME (stunner906@roadrunner.com)

Just a follow-up to the above post.
Tom's Topsfield pumpkin weighed in at 1000.4 lbs...
2 over 1000 in his rookie year.
Well done Tom, but it had to be the luck of the gnome...hehe

10/1/2005 6:57:00 PM

Puyallup, WA

Two pumpkins over 1000 lb. in his first year? Unreal! What an accomplishment! King of the Maine pumpkin growers.

10/1/2005 7:18:09 PM

ENGLAND

Congratulations Tom on the 1114 new State Record. Congratulations also to all other entrants and MePGO Members.
Regards
Mike

10/2/2005 6:31:58 AM

Windsor Maine

WhewW!!!* ((Been tryin' to thinK of words to say...(how to sAy ThAnKs->YoU!!!~> ALL!!!
As, i surely couldnt have done it without yA!!! ((words still escape me though~...
MAybe, the best way, would be, to get "-a-round-tuit" and when things slow down abit, to post-date a grower diary to s0mehow show aNd shAre with ya how i got here to this point...
((i still havent landed yet! heh~heh! Best i kin' think of fer' right now, is thAnKs-YoU! thAnKs-YoU! thAnKs-You!! and congrAtuLAtions to YoU~ALL~ALso~
Been a heck of a wild ride!!
Sincerely~
TLISH

10/2/2005 10:25:58 PM