Oh my gourdness! Grant City man squashes Missouri State Fair’s largest …
Aug 23, 2024 — Colt Ridge, of Grant City, took home a blue ribbon, along with his 936-pound monster, for winning the fair’s largest pumpkin contest.
Record-breaking pumpkin grown by Grant City man wins blue ribbon …
Aug 23, 2024 — Weighing in at an impressive 936 pounds, the giant pumpkin earned Ridge a blue ribbon for winning the fair’s largest pumpkin contest. This year marked Ridge’s first participation in the contest.
Oh my Gourdness! Grant City Man Squashes Missouri State Fair's Largest …
Aug 23, 2024 — A northwest Missouri man decided to go big or go home by growing the largest pumpkin the state fair has seen in at least 24 years. Colt Ridge, of Grant City, took home a blue ribbon, along with his 936-pound monster, for winning the fair’s largest pumpkin contest.
Garden Giants - Rural Missouri
Feb 20, 2024 — Nick Voss of St. Elizabeth grew a whopping 725-pound pumpkin in 2023. He has claimed the blue ribbon at the Missouri State Fair for the largest pumpkin the last four years. His largest one was a massive 751.5 lb. He and his wife, …
Behind the ribbon: State Fair weighs in newest record pumpkin
Aug 28, 2024 — Behind the ribbon: State Fair weighs in newest record pumpkin. At the time he cut it from the vine, Joe Morgan’s pumpkin was growing an average of 20 pounds per day. …
NC State Fair records break with giant pumpkin, watermelon
Oct 11, 2023 — State Fair pumpkin winners are: Blue Ribbon: Hinzy C. Williams of Nash County with a 1,097-pound pumpkin; Red Ribbon: Donald Murphy of Lenoir County with a 1028.7-pound pumpkin ; White Ribbon, 3rd place with honor: Cameron Jernigan of Wake County with a 865.3-pound pumpkin.
Blue Ribbon for the Biggest: Record produce at the Oklahoma State Fair
At 1,734 pounds, it stands as the largest pumpkin ever entered at the fair, but short of the Missouri record already owned by Richard himself.
Winners announced in giant pumpkin and watermelon competitions
Oct 11, 2023 — State Fair pumpkin winners are: Hinzy C. Williams of Nash County who won the blue ribbon with a pumpkin weighing 1,097 pounds. Donald Murphy of Lenoir County who won the red ribbon with a 1028.7-pound pumpkin and Wake County’s Cameron Jernigan earning the white ribbon and third- place honors with a 865.3-pound pumpkin.
1,056-pound pumpkin captures blue ribbon at Virginia State Fair
Oct 3, 2019 — The blue ribbon for largest field pumpkin was awarded to Wells, the former giant watermelon record-holder. Dustin Price, of Henrico County, set a new state record for a giant bushel gourd. His...
Woodstock pumpkin growers big winners at Virginia State Fair
Sep 29, 2022 — For placing first in the competition, Barry received a blue ribbon, a plaque, and $400. This is the first time in the Shrums’ 20-year history of growing giant pumpkins together that either of them have won the biggest pumpkin award at the State Fair.