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Aug 2021
Harrogate man Nick Bailey is on a mission to grow jumbo-sized pumpkins at his Bilton allotment.
The scaffolder, who is 59, has been visiting Pine Street Allotments in Bilton every night for almost 30 years tending to his fruit and vegetables.
It's not just super-sized pumpkins he grows: he has previously cultivated a 2lb tomato and a two-and-a-half-stone marrow.
Mr Bailey said:
He has a couple of promisingly large pumpkins that will be ready for harvesting in October. He hopes one of them will beat his personal record, which weighed 7st 6lbs.
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