His Great Pumpkin is 1,900 lbs. (and still growing)
By Michael Inbar
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 10:10 a.m. CT, Mon., Oct. 6, 2008
Steve Connolly’s prized pumpkin could yield enough pie to feed an army — or comfortably house a family of six. But instead, his goal is to smash a world record with the orange behemoth currently squatting in his pumpkin patch.
Proudly displaying the Frankenstein-like creation from his garden in Sharon, Mass., Connolly spoke to Meredith Vieira and Al Roker via satellite on TODAY as he waits for judgment day, Oct. 11. His pumpkin may tip the scales at upwards of 1,900 pounds, which would best the current record of 1,689 pounds.
Vieira asked Connolly if he worries about the pumpkin breaking when it is hauled off to Frerichs Farm in Warren, R.I., for its weighing in five days.
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