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Dale Marshall (arms crossed) and J.D. Megchelsen, center, watch as Dale's 594 pound pumpkin is weighed. Fran Durner/ADN
Video: Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Just got back from the Alaska State Fair and the Alaska Midnight Sun Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off, where J.D. Megchelsen of Nikiski and Dale Marshall of Anchorage went stem-to-stem with their big ones.
J.D.'s weighed in at 314 pounds, which meant he didn't come close to his 2006 record 1019 gourd or even to last year's 907 pounder. Problems with the vine thought to be genetic were the cause.
Dale drove two pumpkins to the Fair and the first one was weighed at 572, prompting guesses that the second and larger of the two would top 600 pounds. As the giant squash was raised in the weighing sling, the scale climbed up just short of the mark at 594 pounds to groans that then turned into congratulations. Not bad for a guy who's only in his second year of trying.
Can't wait to see what these two will do next summer!
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