WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He's been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at ...

Growers spend hundreds of dollars on seeds and countless hours tracing the lineage of gargantuan gourds in the race to create ...

Some call it a hobby; others say it's a sport. In the mid-1980s, the biggest pumpkins on record were about 400 pounds. Two years ago, however, an Oregon grower set a new world record with a ...

Napa Valley has a bumper crop of potential new giant pumpkin growers, people who might grow a champion in this fall’s weigh-offs. Hundreds of rookie growers may see their dreams take root as the ...

Tony Scott stands with the pumpkin he grew in his Wappingers Falls, N.Y., backyard on Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum) Tony Scott stands with the pumpkin he grew in his Wappingers Falls, N.Y., ...