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Oct 3, 2008 9:38 pm US/Eastern

Mass. Man Grows World's Largest Pumpkin

SHARON, Mass. (CBS) ― Conditions were just right this year for a huge pumpkin grown in Massachusetts.

The world record sized gourd is 16 feet around and weighs nearly a ton at 1,878 pounds. And it's still growing at a rate of about 11 pounds a day, CBS station WBZ-TV reported.

Steve Connolly started growing the pumpkin from a seed five months ago.

He said he hopes to have it certified next week at a farm in Rhode Island.

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