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Flowery Branch, Georgia

What is the name of the 1st person to grow a 1,000 lb.
pumpkin?

12/26/2012 6:29:44 PM

Torrance, Ca.

- - - r ?

12/26/2012 6:32:42 PM

Flowery Branch, Georgia

good!
one dash to short.

12/26/2012 6:34:45 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Dang :)

12/26/2012 6:44:22 PM

Lodi, California

The zehrs

12/26/2012 8:20:29 PM

Lodi, California

1061 lbs

12/26/2012 8:21:26 PM

Greer, (Bill)

12/26/2012 8:31:28 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

And after she won she quit growing pumpkins and started having babies.

12/26/2012 8:39:52 PM

British Columbia, Canada

Bill Greer...1006 pounds...

12/26/2012 8:47:18 PM

1006 lbs. by Bill Greer, Paula & Nathan broke Bill Greer's record later same day

12/26/2012 9:08:36 PM

Rhode Island

was it amelio?

12/27/2012 12:36:13 AM

Lodi, California

still had that r.............................. almost

12/27/2012 1:43:22 AM

Breslau, Ontario, Canada

Gary Burk

12/27/2012 2:04:13 AM

formerly RGG

Amelio would be correct Pap. He was only two years old at the time. Amelio is just so humble he doesn't like to talk about it. lol

12/27/2012 7:46:59 AM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

What year was that in? I recall that I got seeds from both Paul Zehr and Bill Greer and crossed them . I sent many of those seeds from that cross to Ray Waterman which, being the entrepeneur he is he dubbed "The One-Ton Cross." There were some decent pumpkins grown from that seed at that time but in the long haul not much came of it.

12/27/2012 8:48:06 AM

Flowery Branch, Georgia

AAAH the debate continues.
The Zehrs or Bill Greer?

I have always thought it was Bill Greer.

Bill was from Canada and the Zehrs from the US.

Marv, I also grew the one ton cross with no luck.

Does anyone have the dates?

12/27/2012 9:37:11 AM

Upa Creek, MO

Can you reprhase the question to 2,000? I can answer that one.

12/27/2012 9:41:13 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Good one Luke...lol

12/27/2012 10:01:20 AM

Piqua, Ohio

or 1500, what was his name?

12/27/2012 12:21:56 PM

Long Island,New York

Steve Hoult....1010 in 95 off 900 lyons

12/27/2012 12:38:24 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

It was Bill Greer....

12/27/2012 12:58:12 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=68677

12/27/2012 1:09:20 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

Paula Zehr walked away with the prize money for the first one thousand pounder. I may be wrong but I think Ray Waterman paid her $10,000. Does anyone recall? Where is Ray? He knows for sure. He paid out the bucks. Bill Greer may or may not have been first but Paula got the money.

12/27/2012 1:41:45 PM

Saskatchewan Fosston Canada

Nathan & Paula Zehr.1996.1061 Lb world record.

12/27/2012 2:09:37 PM

Colorado

It was 50 large plus the first place money.

12/27/2012 5:28:25 PM

Webster, NY

According to the AGGC Bill Greer grew a 1006 in 1996 also. The AGGC also has Steve Hoult growing the 1010 in 1995.

12/27/2012 6:12:28 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Here's the thing... Steve Hoult grew an unofficial 1010 in 1995 and deserves credit for doing so. In 1996, Bill Greer had his 1006 weighed first and should be credited for the first official 1000 lb. pumpkin. The Zehr's broke the record later the same day and collected the big money because their pumpkin was weighed at the site promoting the big money. Prizes notwithstanding, 1010 Hoult 95 UOW,
1006 Greer 96 and 1061 Zehr 96.

12/27/2012 9:46:55 PM

Long Island,New York

Sometimes the older growers need to set the story straight for the newer growers.

12/28/2012 8:10:44 AM

Flowery Branch, Georgia

Andy:

I checked with the best Canadian historian Iknow and got the following:

1006 Greer 1996
1061 Zehr 1996

Unless I am mistaken the UOW would not be accepted as a record.

Part of the confusion is that in 1996 the Orange Jacket
was strictly a Canadian award and not available to others.

12/28/2012 8:45:36 AM