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Washington State

Thanks to all who made our trip to N.Y. possible. A special thanks to Rob Globus who drove the 2363 from HMB to N.Y. He left on a Sunday night and arrived safely in N.Y. on that Wednesday! He picked up Glen Martin in Chicago. I understand they got pulled over in Pa.going 80 but as it turned out the officer just wanted to see if the pumpkin was real. Thanks to Glen for doing all the arrangements and showing us how to navigate in N.Y. Thanks to Matt DeBacco for being the designated seed harvester at the Botanical Gardens. Matt actually entered the pumpkin headfirst, harvested the seeds, and was able to turn around and come back out headfirst! Thanks to Ken D. for his help in taking some of the pressure off by helping with questions from all the people at the Gardens. A big Thanks to Ian & Stu Patton, Joe Jutras, and Gary Grande for making the whole trip fun and enjoyable. All the Pumpkin People who was at the Botanical gardens received some seeds, but we still need to get some to Rob & Glen who weren't at the N.Y.B.G.

We have had many requests to see pictures of the 2363 lb. pumpkin. Now that things have calmed down a little, we have managed to get a timeline of the pictures posted on our website at www.hollandsgiants.com If you go to the home page you will see a little bit of hyperbole that our web designer came up with, but if you just click on the see more button, there are some neat shots of the 2363 from Harvest, to HMB, and finally to N.Y.

Thanks, and congrats to all you growers out here who did all the work, we all know it takes to grow a large pumpkin,

Joel & Mari Lou Holland

11/1/2017 2:00:30 PM

nOVA sCOTIA

Exellent :)

11/1/2017 5:37:40 PM

South Hero, VT

Congratulations on your excellent pumpkin!

11/1/2017 6:18:58 PM

Spring Hope, N.C. - USA

congrat well done

11/1/2017 8:24:37 PM

Cheshire Ma USA

Great job Joel and Marilou !!!!

11/1/2017 9:05:06 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Even the blossom on that fruit was like a rock!

Well done Joel, well done!

11/1/2017 10:47:17 PM

Arizona

What an end to a Great season! Congratulations!

11/1/2017 11:51:16 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Congrats Joel & Mari Lou Holland Peace, Wayne

11/2/2017 1:11:55 AM

Sharon, MA

Congrats Joel. That was a massive pumpkin

11/2/2017 1:01:15 PM

Mn

Congrats - That baby is a monster!

11/2/2017 1:09:39 PM

Michigan,up North

congrats , that pic with it in the f250 is my favorite.six year grower here .still waiting for price of seed on web site ,are you goin 2 get greedy like handy n charge 80 a seed ,good luck with him boycoat ,growers chaging a arm n leg not evey 1 makes 50 grand a year ,eavery 1 likes ron wallace cause he,s humble ,n not trys to be greedy ,he,s hand out 2009 for a small donation n savb

11/2/2017 3:29:43 PM

Michigan,up North

order my seed today ,Thanks for making n affordable ,were the working man can get 1 on a not proving seed yet,and thanks for not making a barging youtube vidio were your pumpkin worth 50000,might make that n 10years

11/8/2017 9:26:37 AM

Ontario, Canada

Good to hear all had a great time.

Congrats Joel & Mari Lou

11/9/2017 6:33:33 AM

Rhode Island

VERY HAPPY FOR JOEL & MARI LOU--------THEY STRUCK ANOTHER BLOW FOR SENIOR CITIZEN GROWERS.
PAP

11/9/2017 8:28:30 AM