October, 11, 2022 HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) - A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds.
Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota set the new record and won an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California. "Minnesota has a great midyear, but our spring in our parts is really, really tough.
So to do it in Minnesota, it just shouldn`t happen," Gienger said. "It`s like winning the Tour de Franc...
