SARATOGA SRPINGS, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) – The 9th annual Saratoga Giant Pumpkinfest kicked off on Saturday. Growers from all around the nation competed for the biggest gourd amongst nearly two dozen participants. The event was put on by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, and included representatives from The Great Pumpkin Commonwealth and New York State Giant Pumpkin Growers’ Association.
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Pumpkins at the festival weighed anywhere from a couple hundred pounds to nearly 2,000 pounds. Andy Wolf, a part of the New York State Giant Pumpkin Growers’ Association, has been involved in the contest for 20 years as both a participant and a judge.
“Oh, its an addiction,” Wolf said. “You know, if you grow something big, you hit the scale, you have got a number. You are trying to beat that number the next year and the next year, and the next year.”
The pumpkin weigh-off began at 11 a.m. and ended around 3 p.m., and nearly 1,000 people came to the Saratoga Springs City Center Parking Garage to see who won has the biggest pumpkin.