Posted: 10.11.2010

A Wisconsin man has grown a massive pumpkin that tips the scales at
1,810.5 pounds __ a possible world record.

Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wis., submitted his giant gourd
at the Stillwater Harvest Fest on Saturday. When the official
weight was announced, the 32-year-old contractor pumped his fist
and the crowd roared.

His winner was 85 pounds heavier than the official world-record
pumpkin. That gourd weighed 1,725 and was grown last year in Ohio.

The Associated Press e-mailed a festival organizer Saturday to
find out whether a Guinness World Records representative was on
hand to verify the pumpkin set an official record. The e-mail was
not immediately returned.

Stevens says his secret is a precise mixture of sunshine, rain,
cow manure, fish emulsion and seaweed.
 

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