California contest dubs 1,969-pound pumpkin the plumpest

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A rippled white gourd weighing in at 1,969 pounds took the title Monday for plumpest pumpkin at an annual San Francisco Bay Area contest. Growers gathered with their gargantuan gourds to try to break the world record of 2,323 pounds, set by a Swiss grower during a competition in Germany […]