“GOURD”geous New WI Winner

ABOVE PHOTO: Mark Holley and Alex Edward posing with Marks giant pumpkin that weighed in at an impressive1,407lbs.

Wisconsin has a new record for the largest pumpkin. Jim Ford grew a pumpkin that weighed-in at two thousand-551 pounds at Saturday’s Ginormous Pumpkin Festival in Altoona.

Ford’s pumpkin was one of five that weighed more than two-thousand pounds. The Chippewa Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers hosted the festival to promote the Chippewa Valley’s pumpkin producing prominence.