Go Big or Gourd Home: Tons of Fun at the Saratoga Giant Pumpkin Fest
Pumpkins are loaded up and driven out of the parking garage after the weigh-off.
Photo by Jonathon Norcross.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A one-ton pumpkin took first prize at the 9th annual Saratoga Giant Pumpkin Fest weigh-off competition last weekend. Jimmy Hazeltine of New York won with his 2,018-pound gourd. Dan Kruszyna of Massachusetts finished second at 1,814 pounds, and Lois and Terry Nelson from West Virginia captured bronze with their 1,727-pound plump pumpkin, or “plumpkin”.
Jimmy Hazeltine of New York is pictured here with his one-ton, plus-sized pumpkin at the Saratoga Giant Pumpkin Fest at the Saratoga Springs City Center parking garage on Saturday, September 28. Photo via the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce.