The All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair will forever be known as the contest where the world’s first one-ton pumpkin was weighed, as Ron Wallace of Greene, R.I., shattered a world record set at a fair in Deerfield, N.H., just 24 hours before.Wallace’s pumpkin managed to beat back a challenge from one grown in Topsfield by Woodrow “Woody” Lancaster, whose personal best of 1,649 pounds held the top spot for all of five minutes before Wallace’s pumpkin was lifted by a forklift onto the scale.“If you are going to get beat,” Lancaster said, “get beat big.”“It took six years to get back, but I’m back, baby,” yelled Wallace, pumping his fist with his thumb out as he stood atop the pallet that contained his 2,009 pounder.
And if you haven’t already noticed them check out the the giant pumpkins setting the back of the truck in the photo above!
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