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The plant family “Cucurbitaceae,” a.k.a. the gourd family, contains about 975 species. Aside from pumpkins, melons, cucumbers and squashes are part of the group, too.
There's no end of the accessories you can create for your pumpkin with a bunch of oddly-shaped gourds. A couple of long thin ones, sticking out of either side, can be arms.
His winning gourd came in at 2,471 pounds (1,121 kilograms), falling short of the world record he set last year with a pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). He scored with this massive ...
HALF MOON BAY, Calif — A horticulture teacher from Anoka, Minnesota set a new world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant gourd weighing 2,749 pounds.
A monster pumpkin weighing the same as a hippopotamus has claimed the world record for the mightiest gourd—and bagged its grower a $30,000 prize.
Life is 'gourd' in Pumpkintown USA Morton, Illinois, a sleepy hollow outside Peoria calls itself the ‘Pumpkin Capital of the World’ and has the patches to prove it.
Buxton resident Charlie Lopresti breaks state records with a 2,365.5-pound gourd. See all kinds of pumpkins, great and small, at this weekend's Damariscotta Pumpkinfest.