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Missouri man breaks state record with nearly 1,800-pound pumpkin

Richard Bottorf record breaking pumpkins
Richard Bottorf record breaking pumpkins
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Missouri man breaks state record with nearly 1,800-pound pumpkin
Holy, Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.Richard Bottorf of Republic, Missouri, recently set the Missouri state record with a pumpkin that’s literally big enough for Cinderella’s carriage.Bottorf grew a 1,798-pound pumpkin this season, and the pumpkin will be on display from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Harrisonville Elementary School, located at 101 Meghan Drive.But this wasn’t the only perfect pumpkin Bottorf grew this season.Another pumpkin he entered in the Pumpkin Daze Festival in Republic weighed 1,677 pounds and would have been good enough for the state record. After the 1,677-pound pumpkin became the second heaviest in the state, Bottorf decided to carve it into a jack-o'-lantern.This isn’t the first time that Bottorf has set the state record. Back in 2017, he grew a 1,563-pound pumpkin that that beat the Missouri state record by more than 300 pounds.

Holy, Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.

Richard Bottorf of Republic, Missouri, recently set the Missouri state record with a pumpkin that’s literally big enough for Cinderella’s carriage.

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Bottorf grew a 1,798-pound pumpkin this season, and the pumpkin will be on display from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Harrisonville Elementary School, located at 101 Meghan Drive.

But this wasn’t the only perfect pumpkin Bottorf grew this season.

Another pumpkin he entered in the Pumpkin Daze Festival in Republic weighed 1,677 pounds and would have been good enough for the state record. After the 1,677-pound pumpkin became the second heaviest in the state, Bottorf decided to carve it into a jack-o'-lantern.

This isn’t the first time that Bottorf has set the state record. Back in 2017, he grew a 1,563-pound pumpkin that that beat the Missouri state record by more than 300 pounds.

Richard Bottorf record breaking pumpkin