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24
Oct 2021
Harrogate giant pumpkin to raise money for charity
A Harrogate couple who have grown an absolutely gigantic pumpkin have invited people to guess its weight to raise money for charity.
Ian and Natalie Hutton have raised £300 for St Michael's Hospice so far but hope as they travel around with the pumpkin that they can raise even more.
The pair have been outside St Michael's shop on Ripon Road. Today and tomorrow they're at the Wellington Inn in Darley and will be at Kendalls Farm Butchers on Skipton Road next Friday.
If you cannot visit the pumpkin in person but want to donate then you can do so on JustGiving by clicking or tapping here.
For £1 people can guess the weight. Whoever is closest will win a surprise first prize. The second prize is a £30 pork pie voucher from Kendalls and third will take home a scarf from Shine on King's Road.
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A very proud Mr Hutton, who has been perfecting his pumpkins for the last six years, told the Stray Ferret:
When the fundraising is over Mr Hutton is going to attempt to carve it for Halloween and take the seeds to try and grow an even bigger pumpkin next year.
Just to give you an idea of the weight of gigantic pumpkins -the current Guiness World Record for heaviest pumpkin is 2,624 pounds and 9.6 ounces, which was grown by Mathias Willemijns in Belgium.
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