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N.S. pumpkin grower sets Atlantic record

September 29, 2008, Neguac, N.B. –
A Nova Scotia pumpkin grower has the Atlantic record after a first
place finish at the Giant Pumpkin Provincial Festival in New Brunswick.

September 29, 2008, Neguac, N.B. – A Nova Scotia pumpkin grower has the Atlantic record after a first place finish at the Giant Pumpkin Provincial Festival in New Brunswick.

Ben Hebb, of Bridgewater, set a new standard at the Neguac, N.B., competition with a pumpkin weighing in at 594 kilograms.

Hebb’s pumpkin beat the previous record by 26 kilograms.

Elizabeth Steeves of Irishtown, N.B., finished second with a 454 kilogram pumpkin, while a 450 kilogram pumpkin grown by Edmond Hemphill of Mount Pleasant, N.S., came third.

Hebb says he also has a large squash that might be close to a record size.

The festival began in 1995, when Neguac resident Camille Breau initiated the first official weigh-off with three participants and about 20 spectators.