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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 05:38 PM
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Giant gourd sets state pumpkin record
Source: SF Chronicle

(10-10) 14:38 PDT HALF MOON BAY -- Save this for Cinderella: A Napa pumpkin grower has raised the largest gourd to ever sprout from California soil.

Leonardo Urena's 1,704-pound pumpkin is about a hundred pounds short of the world record, but he still took home $11,224 in prize money offered at the annual contest that opens the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, said the event's spokesman, Tim Beeman. The prize money is $6 per pound plus a $1,000 bonus for setting the state record.

Urena's pumpkin is the second-heaviest weighed anywhere in the world this year.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/10/BADH1LFNER.DTL
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 05:41 PM
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1. Oh, my gourd! nt
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red dog 1 Donating Member (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 05:48 PM
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2. Gourd it with your life!
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 05:49 PM
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3. Simply gourdeous! nt
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 05:51 PM
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4. Eric Cantor says if we can grow more of these
we will finally have housing for the homeless
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 05:53 PM
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5. It could certainly feed a bunch.
Plenty of creative ways to cook pumpkin.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 07:13 PM
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6. What's it's carbon footprint?
It's gotta be close to a ton.
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 07:16 PM
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7. It's its only problem.
N/T
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 07:30 PM
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8. How much fertilizer
how much in gas.
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