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Doug, also known as Dug, [1] is a tuber in the Cucurbitaceae family that was grown by Colin and Donna Craig-Brown near Hamilton in New Zealand. [2] Weighing roughly 17.4 pounds (7.9 kg), it was thought to be the largest potato on record for a period after its discovery, topping the 11-pound (5.0 kg) record holder at the time.
A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). Travis ...
A pumpkin named after basketball legend Michael Jordan weighed 2,749 pounds, set a world record and won the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.
[174] [175] The Keene Pumpkin Fest is held annually in New Hampshire; in 2013 it held the world record for the most jack-o-lanterns lit in one place, 30,581 on October 19, 2013. [ 176 ] Hallowe'en is widely celebrated with jack-o-lanterns made of large orange pumpkins carved with ghoulish faces and illuminated from inside with candles. [ 177 ]
A Minnesota horticulture teacher won the world record for heaviest pumpkin at a competition in California. 'Oh my gourd': Man sets world record for heaviest pumpkin ever grown Skip to main content
Rafflesia arnoldii, the world largest flower in Bengkulu - Indonesia. With a flower growing up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, 3–4 m (10–13 ft) in perimeter and 10–12 kg (22–26 lb) in weight, Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's current largest individual flower. They grow in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo islands of Indonesia.
The record for the world's heaviest pumpkin, 1,247 kg (2,749 lb), was most recently set in 2023. [ 59 ] There's a Finnish pumpkin festival called Pumpkin Weeks ( Kurpitsaviikot ), which are held every October in Salo, Finland , and there, at the local field, thousands of different sizes pumpkins and carved jack-o'-lanterns are presented to ...
All giant pumpkins (over 300 pounds or 140 kilograms) are of this species, including the largest pumpkins ever documented, which have attained a size of 2,749.0 pounds (1,246.9 kg) as of 2023. [ 23 ] The seed of C. maxima is used in treating parasites in animals.