1,082-pound pumpkin unveiled at Boston Public Market as the ‘Official Pumpkin of Boston’
Dwarfing the young children who came to see its delivery, the “Official Pumpkin of Boston” arrived at the Boston Public Market on Tuesday, weighing 1,082 pounds.
The pumpkin is towed to the Boston Public Market.
A market vendor — Red Apple Farm of Phillipston — donated the pumpkin to be on display for the Market’s first annual Harvest Party, which will take place on Thursday.
“It’s a fun thing for the pumpkin to leave the farm and go to the city,” said Al Rose, owner and farmer at Red Apple Farms. “The whole drive down, we were getting thumbs-ups and salutes. Anytime you can make the farm and the city closer, it’s a win-win all the way around.”
The pumpkin is brought inside the doors.
Sue Chadwick, who grew the pumpkin and is a friend of Rose, has been growing large pumpkins with her husband, Lou Chadwick, for the last seven or eight years to show at the Eastern States Exposition.
“We have a little plant that we put in the ground as close as we can to the first of May,” Sue said. “It should blossom about the end of June, and then you start the pumpkin growing. If you are lucky, they will grow from June until September.”
This year’s Boston Public Market pumpkin was her first pumpkin to cross the 1,000-pound mark, she said. Dubbed “Gourdo,” it beats out last year’s “Official Pumpkin of Boston” by 62 pounds.
Two kids sit by the pumpkin.
Throughout the fall season, the market will also house an 800-pound gourd.
You can follow Boston’s Official Pumpkin on Twitter @BPMpumpking.
My new view is gourd-geous! This truly is #squashgoals. Come visit me @BosPublicMarket! pic.twitter.com/ZqsiCfp9Rg
— BPM PumpKING (@BPMpumpking) October 18, 2016
Additional reporting by Callie Ahlgrim
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