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    Humongous Pumpkins On Display in NYC

    By sjunat55  |  Posted October 23, 2011  |  New York, New York
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     sjunat55 visited four of the world’s biggest pumpkins at the NY Botanical Garden in the Bronx this weekend. The record-holder weighs in at more than 1,800 pounds. He says that children watching the pumpkin carving were 'dwarfed' by the massive gourds.
    - zdan, CNN iReport producer

    Four of the world's largest pumpkins are on display at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx during the next several days, as part of the institution's celebration of fall and Halloween...

    1,2  Grown by Leonardo Urena from Napa, California this thing weighs 1,704 pounds!

    3,4,5 At 1,807.5 lbs, this pumpkin, dwarfing kids and adults alike, was grown by David and Carol Stelts from Edinburg, PA.

    6,7 Cut open and ready to be carved, Brant and Eleanor Bordsen from Maryville, CA grew this 1,693 lbs baby!

    And the current world record holder, at a massive 1,818.5 pounds, coming from Jim and Kelsey Bryson in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada (8,9,10) was carved with a zombie like creature coming out of it, a design by Ray Villafane.

    The huge pumpkins will be on display through October 30th.

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