Napan breaks California's largest pumpkin record

Pete Glasier of Napa, in red cap, and his wife Cindi celebrate his win at the 2007 Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin weigh-off contest. Glasier's 1535.5 pound pumpkin broke the state record of fellow Napan Gary Miller by more than 200 pounds./Submitted photo | Buy photos

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

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BY DAN ROSS
Napa Valley Register

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A Napa man has a new state record and is $7,500 richer after winning the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin contest last weekend.

Pete Glasier took top honors at the weigh-in as his 1,535.5 pound pumpkin shattered the state record. The previous mark was also set by a Napan, Gary Miller, whose winning massive pumpkin came in at 1,280.5 pounds in the 2006 contest.

Jose Ceja of Napa grabbed third place in the giant pumpkin weigh-off by growing a 1,147.5 pounds pumpkin. A new state record for squash was also recorded at the festival, as Napa's Leonardo Urena brought in a 1,131.5-pounder.

Napa residents have had a very good showing at the giant pumpkin weigh-off the last three years.

Dean Busquaert's pumpkin weighed in at 1,042 pounds last year, good for third place, while Glasier took fourth with a 1,016-pounder.

Ureno grew a 1200.5 pound pumpkin to win the 2005 contest and claim the state record, with

5 comment(s)

sammy wrote on Oct 9, 2007 12:28 PM:

" that's just crazy !! How fun !! Congrats !! "

richaelsmommie wrote on Oct 9, 2007 4:33 PM:

" Way to go Pete. Something that Napa has to be happy about!!!! That is so awesome!!!! "

Bebee's Human wrote on Oct 9, 2007 5:05 PM:

" Yippee! Sounds yummie too! Congratulations! "

flibbertigibbet wrote on Oct 10, 2007 8:34 AM:

" Hey, not to bring down the WWWahhhoo in any way, but I have a question. Cant the pumpkin growers just inject liquid led into the pumpkin to make it heavier? And or large amounts of water? Anyone, how do they check these things? "

Skip M. wrote on Oct 10, 2007 11:05 AM:

" Now lets see you do that with a grape. "

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