The Topsfield Honest topped a pumpkin grower whose gourd didn’t simply greatest this yr’s opponents, however was the heaviest pumpkin the occasion has seen.
The pumpkin Alex Noel, of Abington, Connecticut, delivered to the forty first All New England Large Pumpkin Weigh-Off tipped the scales at 2,507 kilos.
“This is a Topsfield Fair record!!!” occasion organizers confirmed on the honest’s official Fb web page.
Noel is not any stranger to rising pumpkins that weigh greater than a ton, nor to successful the competition in Topsfield. He has held the Connecticut State Document for heaviest pumpkin since he gained the Topsfield Honest in 2019 with a 2,294.5-pounder, in accordance with CT Insider.
At final yr’s occasion Noel positioned second, with a pumpkin weighing 1,921 kilos, bested by a pumpkin grown by four-time winner Steve Connolly, of Sharon, who grew a 2,211 pound pumpkin.
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Large Pumpkin Weigh-In contest winner Alex Noel holds up images of his spouse, Liz Sangree, and their two-day-old new child, Nova, in celebration of his record-breaking victory on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
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Tom Keenan of Swampscott smiles as his pumpkin turns into the primary of the night time to surpass 2,000 kilos on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
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New England Large Pumpkin Growers Affiliation members Matthew DeBacco (left) and Wilbur Horton measure the circumference of the pumpkins forward of the competition Weigh-In contest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Members of the New England Pumpkin Growers Affiliation (NEGPGA) brush off dust and examine the pumpkin for rot spots earlier than putting the pumpkin entry onto the size. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
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Alex Noel of Abington, CT, watches as his pumpkin is lowered onto the size in the course of the Large Pumpkin Weigh-In on the Topsfield Honest. The entry later broke the honest file at 2,507 kilos. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Tom Keenan of Swampscott reacts with pleasure as his pumpkin turns into the primary of the night time to surpass 2,000 kilos on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Joe Jutras of North Scituate, RI, reacts as his pumpkin weighs in at 1,752 kilos, incomes him sixth place within the competitors. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Fairgoers snap images of Alex Noel of Abington, CT, posing together with his record-breaking pumpkin after it was positioned within the show case on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Large Pumpkin Weigh-In contest winner Alex Noel holds up images of his spouse, Liz Sangree, and their two-day-old new child, Nova, as he is lifted into the air by fellow growers in celebration of his record-breaking victory on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Alex Noel of Abington, CT, takes first place within the Large Pumpkin Weigh-In on the Topsfield Honest, breaking the honest file with a 2,507-pound pumpkin. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Alex Noel of Abington, CT, watches as his pumpkin is lowered onto the size in the course of the Large Pumpkin Weigh-In on the Topsfield Honest. The entry later broke the honest file at 2,507 kilos. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Alex Noel of Abington, CT, takes first place within the Large Pumpkin Weigh-In on the Topsfield Honest, breaking the honest file with a 2,507-pound pumpkin. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Large Pumpkin Weigh-In contest winner Alex Noel holds up images of his spouse, Liz Sangree, and their two-day-old new child, Nova, in celebration of his record-breaking victory on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Crowds make their approach by the fairgrounds because the Ferris wheel towers within the background on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Barry LeBlanc and his spouse, Linda LeBlanc, of Merrimack, NH, react as their pumpkin weighs in at 1,755 kilos, incomes them fifth place within the competitors. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
James Baer and his 10-year-old daughter, Laila Baer, take pleasure in corn on a stick on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Dave Aiello of Warwick, RI, reacts as his pumpkin weighs in at 1,557 kilos, incomes him eighth place within the competitors. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
(From left) Burlington’s Darius A, Logan B, and Carla B take pleasure in a wide range of honest meals on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
New England Large Pumpkin Growers Affiliation members Matthew DeBacco (left) measures the circumference of the pumpkins forward of the competition Weigh-In contest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
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Large Pumpkin Weigh-In contest winner Alex Noel holds up images of his spouse, Liz Sangree, and their two-day-old new child, Nova, in celebration of his record-breaking victory on the Topsfield Honest. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
