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Rhode Island Man Wins $15,500 With Record-Breaking 2,000 Pound Pumpkin

Sep. 30, 2012 8:43pm Erica Ritz

Ron Wallace Wins $15,000 With Record Breaking 2,000 Pound Pumpkin at Topsfield Fair

Ron Wallace of Rhode Island celebrates after tipping the scales with his 2009-pound record breaking pumpkin during the New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Mass Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (Photo: AP)

(TheBlaze/AP) — Organizers of a fair in northeastern Massachusetts claim a Rhode Island man has set a new world record with the first pumpkin ever to weigh more than a ton.

Leaders of the Topsfield Fair say the huge gourd grown by Ron Wallace of Greene, R.I., tipped the scales at 2,009 pounds on Friday, winning him $5,500 for first place and another $10,000 as a bonus for breaking the one-ton mark.

“I’m back, baby!” he reportedly yelled as the pumpkin’s final weight was announced to the crowd.

What appears to be the record-breaking pumpkin is weighed at the final contest. (Photo: YouTube)

The Guinness World Record for heaviest pumpkin is 1,810.5 pounds set by Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wis., at the Stillwater Harvest Fest in Stillwater, Minn., in October 2010.

“It’s a great world record,” the fair’s general manager James O’Brien said, according to the Richmond Register.

He added: “Topsfield has a lot of world records, but this one is special.”

Here is purported video from the competitive 2012 pumpkin weigh-off:

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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:51am
What use are pumpkins? They’re watermelons with no juice or flavor

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OneTermPresident
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:00am
The mayor of New York city (Bloomberg) would ban them.

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Fonz777
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:34am
This is a nice break from this hellish news

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ThankBabyJesus
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:22am
wowzorz… how do they get so big?

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mostly ignored
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:48am
lol.. the blaze won’t post my gmo comments.. so much for “the truth lives here”

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- JQuentinEvermann
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:36am
  As a non-GMO-only grower, what’s your point?
  
  You think body builders are all natural?
  
  How about the world’s tallest sky scraper? Does it have to be made from wood and brick, or can they use steel?
  
  Baseball? hehe
  
  This is all just good fun centered on farming for size. Now, excuse me while I try to sprout some tomatoes for my winter harvest. :)
  
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mostly ignored
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:38am
gmo

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mostly ignored
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:34am
betcha $10 that thing is a GMO..

why are you holding out blaze??

http://rt.com/news/monsanto-rats-tumor-france-531/

http://www.infowars.com/whole-foods-knowingly-engages-in-massive-gmo-deception-says-undercover-video-by-organic-spies/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/amywestervelt/2012/08/22/monsanto-dupont-spending-millions-to-oppose-californias-gmo-labeling-law/

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- OneTermPresident
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:57am
  What’s it like around the bend?
  
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80mesh
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 5:47am
moooooooshill is gonna be pissed ….portion control, portion control

an alaskan big veggie tip… put black plastic over the ground before it snows in the fall and kee pit on the ground whilst its growing. keeping the soil warm speeds growth.high nitrogen fertilizer when growing vines and as soon as the flower buds appear switch to low / no nitrogen fertilizer

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Worriedboomer
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:37am
LOL. I thought “at least the comments on this video won’t be political”. Shows what I know. :) We are so buried in political news this year that it’s hard to think of anything that isn’t affected. I know my sleep is! Haven’t had a good nights sleep since I saw that Newsweek cover around 2007 or so with some guy with a funny name. Barack? What kind of name is that? Obama? Why do they think anyone with a name like Barack Obama can win in American politics?
And thus ended my life on innocent ignorance. I think I’ll start growing pumpkins.

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- bgotts27
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:11pm
  But he didn’t grow that.
  
  Somebody else helped him grow that. He needed roads and bridges and electricity – all provided free courtesy of the federal government – to grow that.
  
  He needs to redistribute the income that he gained at the expense of those on welfare.
  
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blackyb
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:13am
Now you know why the Islamists and Obamaites are jealous. We know how to have fun without killing people and mistreating women and children.

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- banjarmon
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:31am
  Pumpkin Chunking time. How far would that one go??
  
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- RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 4:51am
  Right to Tehran. Well done, please. Then, we’ll all listen to ‘Goodbye Pork-pie Hat’.
  
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Col. HawK
Posted on September 30, 2012 at 11:31pm
2009lbs?…. = 4000 pies?

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- blackyb
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:08am
  He stole Cinderella’s pumpkin. They should now weigh the mice.
  
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TheAntiStatist
Posted on September 30, 2012 at 11:30pm
“…you worked all summer and nurtured it to get big, YOU DIDN’T GROW THAT!”

(Spoken in Obama voice) BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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lassiegirldawn
Posted on September 30, 2012 at 10:25pm
Is my grandson ever going to be surprised, I went to our county fair and bought some giant pumpkin seeds. I told him that I had some new baby pumpkin seeds to try next year. He likes to plant the baby pumpkins in a pea-patch we get each year. Hope he can grow one that big next year.

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- AxelPhantom
  Posted on September 30, 2012 at 10:53pm
  If you want the really big ones here is what you do; pinch off all of the “fruit” except for one or two. The plant puts all of its energy into those and they get quite big. If you have non-hybrid seed stock, take the largest pumpkin in the patch remove the seeds, plant those the following year, again in year 2 pick the largest healthiest one, remove those seeds, year 3 same process….. essentially keep at it and in a few seasons you will have a chance to get the monsters growing. Good luck to your grandson, gardening can be so much fun for them!
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on September 30, 2012 at 11:36pm
  Good luck!
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:09am
  Those pumpkins may take over the world.
  
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Verceofreason
Posted on September 30, 2012 at 9:39pm
It’s going to Chris Christis house for one pie.

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semihardrock
Posted on September 30, 2012 at 8:57pm
The most patriotic thing he can do for Rhode Island would be to split his winnings with the rest of his city or town equally. He did not create the soil, water, pesticides, plant food which won the prize.

It’s Rhode Island…..so make sure Italian Mafia/Government their 35% before dividing the fair share…

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golfmax13
Posted on September 30, 2012 at 8:50pm
Obama will be after that check faster than Usain Bolt runs the 100.

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- CatB
  Posted on September 30, 2012 at 9:01pm
  No more giant pumkins .. obviously that pumpkin was getting way more than the allowable food and water … put them all on the new M.O. School Lunch Plan .. only skinny pumpkins from now on.
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on September 30, 2012 at 10:14pm
  We can’t just grow our pumpkins to over 2000 pounds and expect the rest of the world to say, OK…
  
  (you have to say it in a snotty obama voice for it to make sense)
  
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