People came from across the country to San Martin in hopes of
claiming the heaviest pumpkin.
People came from across the country to San Martin in hopes of claiming the heaviest pumpkin.
Joel Holland, from Puyallup, Wash., brought a gourd weighing 1,462 pounds and took top honors at the Uesugi Farms Annual Pumpkin Weigh-In Saturday. Jim Sherwood, of Mulino, Ore., placed second with a 1,367 pound pumpkin; Leonardo Urena, of Napa, came in third with a whopping 1,254 pound vegetable; and although he didn’t place, Sherman Wallace put Gilroy on the map with a 244-pound pumpkin.
