BLOOMING VALLEY — Blooming Valley’s Quinn Werner isn’t your garden variety retiree. Putting his green thumb to the test, Werner spent the past year growing gourds, marrow, tomatoes, squash and giant ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Albert Rodebaugh of Craigsville, West Virginia, set a new record at the North Carolina State Fair by winning the annual giant pumpkin competition with a 2,244.5-pound pumpkin.

Growers cultivate giant pumpkins that can weigh nearly as much as a small car. The secret is to start with a good seed, then remove small pumpkins from the vine som one fruit gets all the nutrients.

The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He's been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at night to keep it at a stable ...

The winning pumpkin brought by Albert Rodebaugh of West Virginia, weighed 2,244.5 pounds. The heaviest watermelon, grown by Chris Kent in Tennessee, weighed 288.6 pounds. North Carolina State Fair ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He’s been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at ...

The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He's been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at night to keep it at a stable ...

A colossal pumpkin, weighing nearly as much as a small car, has secured third place in a prestigious annual weigh-off, thanks to the meticulous care of its owner, Tony Scott. For months, Mr Scott, a ...