Prize Pumpkin

 

Marc Petersen and Dan Carlson from Clinton, IA have been growing giant pumpkins for 6 years. Their latest pumpkin, which just won first place at the Iowa State Fair, weighed 1,323 lbs which breaks their old record of 1,238 lbs.

The prize pumpkin

And the competition that they squashed

Dan's son Nick lifting the pumpkin out of the patch