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Rhode Island

great day for pumpkin growers in the southern new england area
after a couple days of heavy rains and a location shift we finally got the weigh off in
all fruit was picked friday in anticipation of a sat weigh off - but they had to wait until monday
1. scott palmer greene ri 1443lbs ( 1225 j x 919 w )
2. steve connolly sharron ma 1333lbs ( 1068 w x 1253 s )
3. steve sperry johnston ri 1312lbs ( 1068 w x 1253 s)
4. fred macari greene ri 1310.5lbs ( 1173 m x 1068 w )
5. joe jutras n.situate ri 1228lbs ( 1068 w x 842 e )
6. john nicholas warwick ri 1134.5lbs ( 1068 w x 851 d )
7. peter rondeau coventry ri 1102lbs ( 500 w x 846 j )
8. peter flores l compton ri 994.5lbs ( 914 c x 1225 j )
9. albina flores l compton ri 945 lbs ( 1225 j x 914 c )
10.don langevin norton ma 936 lbs ( 1104 h x 1097 b )

* scotts pumpkin was the third heaviest pumpkin ever weighed in a competition site
he also set a new new england record, new sngpg record,and should be the heaviest pure pumpkin in the gpc, along with a # 2 in the overall gpc standings
what a day, especially when yopu consider we also left a couple 1200 plus pounders on the deck late last week
by my calculations the sngpg will also be crowned with the best top ten average in the gpc with a average of 1,173.85 pounds

10/10/2005 11:05:30 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Great Job well done by the SNGPG growers

10/10/2005 11:15:12 PM

SF Bay Area, California

My God... First through fifth place would have won every weighoff I went to.... awesome.

10/10/2005 11:19:03 PM

Nikiski, Alaska 99635

I'm absolutely floored. Words do no justice to what has transpired. Great job to all the World Class Growers at the SNGPG weigh-off!

10/10/2005 11:48:35 PM

Or

Truly Amazing!

10/10/2005 11:59:30 PM

Knopp, Germany

Great job by all, gotta love those 1225's and 1068's!

10/11/2005 12:15:10 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

You guys did an amazing job this year!!!!

Congratulations to ALL the growers & especially their mentor!

I really wish this weigh-off could have come down over the weekend as originally planned. It would have been an honor to run that skid steer! Probably would have flattened those tires too!

Great job guys!

10/11/2005 12:24:31 AM

Key West, FL

impressive, very impressive line up.

That 1068 might as well be gold now.

10/11/2005 12:50:49 AM

Netherlands

Excellent job. Worth the wait for the weights!

10/11/2005 12:59:34 AM

Puyallup, WA

Great Balls of Fire! Unbelieveable! Those results are just plain scary!

10/11/2005 1:42:32 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Wow! That is awesome.

10/11/2005 3:03:54 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Truly amazing results! Seems like New England was a good place for growing pumpkins this year.... WORLD CLASS!!!!

Now I want to see some pictures of these monsters! Can anyone past a few?

10/11/2005 5:51:06 AM

Hudsonville, Michigan (michiganpumpkins@sbcglobal.net)

Was that the SNGPG Weigh off? Might as well just call it the 1068 Show. :)

10/11/2005 6:40:12 AM

ENGLAND

Congratulations to all SNGPG Growers. Everything that i wanted to say has been said above so i ditto all comments. Absolutely amazing results.
Regards
Mike

10/11/2005 7:07:40 AM

Awesome. New RI and MA records as well?

10/11/2005 7:29:33 AM

Windsor Maine

words escape me!...ditto! to all of the above! and most likely,... all below to follow!
Here's a toAst~ HOpin' _Everyone_ has an Even Better Year Next yeAr!
TLISH

10/11/2005 8:46:59 AM

Southeast

Great Job, Wow

10/11/2005 8:53:20 AM

Eugene,OR

How about that 1068 Wallace???

10/11/2005 10:01:17 AM

Puyallup, WA

These results give impetitous to the notion that "local seeds do better"!

10/11/2005 10:31:21 AM

Western NY

either that, or "join your local club - you'll get good seeds"!

10/11/2005 11:13:32 AM

Ohio

Them weights are amazing! Holy Cow! Alot of great growers at that weigh off for sure!.
Wait till my wife sees what that 1068 Wallace produced this year, she stepped on mine,I gotta rub it in. Sure am glad i gotta another 1068 or me and her would be seeing Judge Judy,,,, then she would end up with everything I own and Id have to change my address to:

Brooks Bosworth
2003 Ford Truck,
Down by the River,Ohio 55555
(phone)- Disconnected

Anyhow, Great job guys,I Bet there will be a world record there in the next couple years.

10/11/2005 2:17:38 PM

North Smithfield, RI USA

Great job guys ! Great show yesterday and hope to compete next year !

10/11/2005 6:17:38 PM

Joliet, IL

unreal....great job you guys. impressive is an understatement. it is more like absurd. you guys sure have proven that through team work, hard individual work, and some good growing conditions that N.E. is Giant Pumpkinville, USA (or more like the planet Earth). a fellow Illinois grower, Gene McMullen, went out to RI for the patch tour this summer and was really impressed by the commrodorie and teamwork you guys use to grow them so big. with the results posted by Dick, it is plain to see that it works. i will be picking Gene's brain at our next IGPGA meeting for anything he learned while visiting your patches. our club is still in the infancy stages, but in time, i can only hope that we can follow in the SNGPG footsteps at working together for the betterment of all. once again great job you guys.
jeff shenoha

10/11/2005 7:01:59 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

Outstanding!
I wonder what ranking the 1068 Wallace has, in regards to the best producing seeds of all time?

10/11/2005 7:53:20 PM

In the shade - PDX, OR

Incredible!

10/11/2005 8:02:10 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

congrats to all

10/11/2005 8:10:09 PM

Picton,ON (j.vincent@xplornet.ca)

Are there pictures posted anywhere?
I guess I'll hang on to my 1225 and my 1068....lol
Congrats folks

10/11/2005 9:17:56 PM

Sharon, MA

I sent all the digital photos into BP.com. I'm sure they will be posted soon. The weigh-off was unreal. The Fork Trucks labored in the mud to bring each of the huge GIANTS up to the Scales. We probably would have blown out the backs of lifters. Luckly they had the 2 ton chain falls and tripods. Glad I made it, inspite of blowing out one of my trailer tires on the highway with the 1333 in tow.

10/11/2005 9:40:12 PM

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Truly awsome. Congratulations to all.

10/11/2005 10:05:14 PM

Rhode Island

i was also notified that our sngpg / gpc top ten average was also a new world record
asap we will be making a major announcement to all readers and contributors on bp.c
pap

10/11/2005 11:39:41 PM

New Hampshire

Hats off to SNE growers and the RI boys, you guys have step it uo a couple of notches.

10/11/2005 11:40:24 PM

Abbotsford, B.C

Incredible!

10/12/2005 1:11:43 AM

Hayes, Virginia

Dag!!!!
Great job to all.
Hard day for that scale...........
Ed

10/12/2005 5:01:50 PM

Hayes, Virginia

P.S
i knew that 1068 would be a dud... :}

10/12/2005 5:02:46 PM

Coventry, RI

Congrats to all SNGPG growers. Thanks for all the good advise, help and great friendships made. Look forward to seeing you all over the winter and at next years weigh off.

10/12/2005 5:24:03 PM

Rhode Island

scott palmer is or should be the poster child for anyone interested in becoming a giant pumpkin grower/

four years back during mid summer i was working in our patch when this guy came walking into the yard with his son in tow (scott and little scott jr)

we talked a few minutes about growing these giants and i gave him a quickie tour of the patch

scott was impressed and we agreed that he would return in the spring to learn a bit about this hobby (truth be told we get a lot of visitors and i never expected to see him again )

well, next spring there he was ready and willing to learn
and learn he did
he attended our club get togethers, got his wife shelly to help him during the days he was extra busy at work, asked questions and made the committment to do the work and purchase the needed equipment and supplies

his results speak for themselves

last year he grew a pb over 800 lbs
this year well, the third largerst pumpkin ever weighed in competition is not to bad

geezzzzzzz i hope he takes a year off and give us a chance again LOL

DICK

great job scott,scott jr and shelly

dick

10/13/2005 7:04:31 AM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

How would you like to grow an 1100 pound pumpkin and only place 7th?

Excellent job everybody, now let's see some improvement next year on 8th, 9th and 10th places!

10/13/2005 7:16:19 AM

Cologne / Germany

Unbelievable and congrats to all!
@pumpconn1: Where did you put the pics? Looks they aren´t online.

10/13/2005 7:29:48 AM

So. Maine

great growing down in so. n.e. guys........

10/14/2005 2:36:16 AM

Mn

What great story. Thats kind off how i got into giant pumpkin growing

10/15/2005 11:33:24 AM