1,500-Pound Pumpkin Wins The Prize
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1,500-Pound Pumpkin Wins The Prize
A pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds was worth $9,000 in prize money to the farmer who grew it.
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(October 5, 2008)--A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds.

Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collected more than $9,000 in prize money Saturday at the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin and Harvest Festival.

Festival spokesman Steve Capps says the entry set a California record, by one pound.
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