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• Kings County Advertiser : "Growers Go Big in Annapolis Valley"
• Kings County Advertiser : "Waterville's Reid Crowned Pumpkin King"
• PEI Canada.com: "Bigger is better when growing pumpkins"
• The Hants Journal: "Out of Town Grower Takes Pumpkin Crown"
• Nova Scotia Legislature Resolution #1725 - Jeff Reid

3rd Annual AVGVG Weigh Off Results - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Wayne Knox Memorial Trophy Winner - Pictured with Wayne's Family (left ) , Jeff Reid (Preisdent ,AVGVG) and Frank Ansums (2011 Winner)

The Wayne Knox Memorial Trophy is given each year to the person who enters the largest pumpkin at the AVGVG Glad Gardens Weigh Off   Wayne was an avid pumpkin grower and the Annapolis Valley Giant Vegetable Growers felt that it was important to recognize his important contribution to the organization. 

CHILDREN’S DIVISION

Heaviest Pumpkin

1^st James Rand 563 lbs

2^nd Thomas Murphy 253 lbs

3^rd Lucas Hare 225 lbs
 

Giant Squash

1^st Thomas Murphy 187 lbs

2^nd Jesse Hare 159 lbs

Tomato

1^st Thomas Murphy 1.2 lbs

Longest Gourd

1^st Thomas Murphy 65”
 

Beet

1^st Nicholas Clarke 3.2 lbs

2^nd Thomas Murphy 0.8 lbs
 

Field Pumpkins

1^st Megan Ansems 112.4 lbs

2^nd Thomas Murphy 44.6 lbs

3^rd Jesse Hare 38.8 lbs

4^th Matthew Spicer 33.2 lbs
 

Tallest Sunflower

1^st Megan Ansems 133”

2^nd Travis Reid 118”

3^rd Adam Rand 115”

4^th Lucas Hare 98”
 

Tallest Corn

1^st Adam Rand 113 ½”

2^nd Thomas Murphy 88”
 

Longest Carrot

1^st Megan Ansems 19 ½” 

Watermelon

1^st Thomas Murphy 14.2 lbs

Largest Sunflower Head
 1^st Megan Ansems 14”

2^nd Miranda Reid 12 ½”

3^rd Lucas Hare 11 ½”

4^th Travis Reid 11”

5^th Tyler Reid 10 ½”
 

Open Vegetable Class

1^st Megan Ansems 2.2 lbs (Cucumber)

2^nd Jesse Hare 15” (Beans)

ADULT DIVISION
 

Giant Pumpkins

1^st Frank Ansems 988 lbs

2^nd Jeff Reid 985 lbs

3^rd Gerard Ansems 893 lbs

4^th Marion Foster 866 lbs

5^th Bob Rowe 760 lbs

6^th Catharina Ansems 739 lbs

7^th Gordon Foster 624 lbs

8^th Paul Ferguson 588 lbs

9^th Bill Smeltzer 557 lbs

10^th Jackie Rand 516 lbs

11^th Murray Ward 543 lbs

12^th Tom Corkum 405 lbs

13^th Brian Kenneally 380 lbs
 

Giant Squash

1^st Brian Kenneally 478 lbs
 

Onion

1^st Gerard Ansems 0.4 lbs
 

Tomato

1^st Tom Corkum 2.6 lbs

1^st Paul Ferguson 2.6 lbs

1^st Kim MacQuarrie 2.6 lbs

2^nd Frank Ansems 2.0 lbs

3^rd Marilyn Ansems 1.8 lbs

4^th Catharia Ansems 1.4 lbs

5^th Phil Dance .001 lbs
 

Longest Gourd

1^st Chris Ansems 104”

2^nd Frank Ansems 101”

3^rd Marilyn Ansems 100 ½”

4^th Gerard Ansems 87”

5^th Fred Ansems 67”

6^th Tom Corkum 55 ½”
 

Beet

1^st Amanda Muis 26.2 lbs

2^nd Marilyn Ansems 15.4 lbs

3^rd Ron Muis 12.2 lbs

4^th Andy Hamilton 9.2 lbs

5^th Frank Ansems 9.0 lbs

6^th Paul Gerguson 3.2 lbs
 

Field Pumpkin

1^st Tom Corkum 39.6 lbs

2^nd Don Helpard 39.2 lbs

3^rd Phil Dance 28.8 lbs

4^th Marilyn Ansems 23.8 lbs
 

Tallest Sunflower

1^st Frank Ansems 138.5”

2^nd Fred Ansems 137”

3^rd Marilyn Ansems 136”

4^th Andy Hamilton 132”

5^th Danny Ansems 128”

6^th Paul Ferguson 118”

7^th Tom Corkum 93”

Tallest Corn

1^st Amanda Muis 124”

2^nd Kim MacQuarrie 99 1/2”

3^rd Paul Ferguson 97”
 

Radish

1^ST Kelly Hutton 2.4 lbs
 

Longest Carrot

1^st Tom Corkum 24 ½”

2^nd Frank Ansems 17”

3^rd Fred Ansems 15”

4^th Marilyn Ansems 11”

5^th Gerald Ansems 9”
 

Watermelon

1^st Tom Corkum 12.6 lbs 

Largest Sunflower Head

1^st Frank Ansems 17”

2^nd Fred Ansems 16 ½”

3^rd Paul Ferguson 15 ½”

4^th Kim MacQuarrie 15”

5^th Marilyn Ansems 12 ½”

6^th Tom Corkum 10”
 

OPEN VEGETABLE CLASS

1^st Arthur Shepperdson 49.8 lbs (English Marrow)

2^nd Andy Hamilton 4.6 lbs (Turnip)

3^rd Kelly Hutton 11.6 (Marrow Squash) 

2nd Annual AVGVG Weigh Off Results - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

CHILDREN DIVISIONS

Giant Pumpkin

1^st Place Emma Murphy 464 lbs

2^nd Place Jacob Hare 379 lbs

3^rd Place Chelsea Harris 210 lbs
 

Heaviest Tomato

1^st Place James Rand 36.8 oz.

^2nd Place Emma Murphy 26.5 oz.
 

Longest Gourd

1^st Place Olivia Helpard
 

Field Pumpkin

1^st Place Emma Murphy 43 lbs

2^nd Place Lucas Hare 22 lbs
 

Tallest Sunflower

1^st Place Lucas Hare
 

Largest Sunflower Head

1^st Place Lucas Hare

Heaviest Watermelon

1^st Place Emma Murphy 11 lbs

ADULT DIVISION

Giant Pumpkin

1^st Place Gordon Foster 743 lbs

2^nd Place Gerard Ansems 720 lbs

3^rd Place Jeff Reid 675 lbs
 

Giant Squash

1^st Place Arthur Shepperson 27 lbs

2^nd Place Mary Moore 21 lbs
 

Heaviest Tomato

1^st Place Bob Rowe 47.1 oz

2^nd Place Frank Ansems 45.9 oz

3^rd Place Isaac Murnaghan 43.5 oz
 

Heaviest Beet

1^st Place A. Muis of Ron Muis Farm 14 lbs

2^nd Place A. Muis of Ron Muis Farm 13 lbs

3^rd Place Brian Burke 2 lbs
 

Longest Gourd

1^st Place Cornelia Coffin 7’8”

2^nd Place Jeff Reid & Gerard Ansems 7’1”

3^rd Place Cornelia Coffin 7’1/2”
 

Longest Carrot

1^st Place Isaac Murnaghan 7’5”

2^nd Place Isaac Murnaghan 7’4”

3^rd Place Gerard Ansems 3’11”
 

Tallest Sunflower

1^st Place Danny Ansems 11’4”

2^nd Place Danny Ansems 11’3”

3^rd Place Brian Burke 7’7”

Largest Sunflower Head

1st Place Danny Ansems 14”

2^nd Place Brian Burke 12”

3^rd Place Danny Ansems 10”
 

Field Pumpkin

1^st Place Chris Ansems 85 lbs

2^nd Place Mary Moore 42 lbs

3^rd Place Tom Corkum 41 lbs
 

Biggest Watermelon

1^st Place Tom Corkum 10 lbs

2^nd Place Catharina Ansems 4 lbs
 

Open Veggie Class

1^st Place Chris Ansems Peppers

2^nd Place Chris Ansems White Squash

3^rd Place Marion Foster Pear Gourd

People’s Choice Award went to A. Muis of Ron Muis Farm 14 lb beet.

Weigh off results Shur-Gain- Saturday, September 18,2010   

CHILDREN DIVISIONS
 

Giant Pumpkin

 1^st Place Thomas Murphy, Lucas Hare
 

Heaviest Tomato

1^st Place Thomas Murphy

2^nd Place Reid Children

3^rd Place James Rand
 

Longest Gourd

1^st Place Reid Children
 

Field Pumpkin

1^st Place Kyle Vessey

2^nd Place Thomas Murphy

3^rd Place Shaleigh & Kaylynne Vessey
 

Tallest Sunflower

1^st Place Lucas Hare
 

Biggest Watermelon

1^st place Mark Campbell

 
 ADULT DIVISION

Giant Pumpkin

1^st Place Brian Kenneally

2^nd Place Gerard Ansems

3^rd Place Mary Moore
 

Heaviest Tomato

1^st Place Gerard Ansems

2^nd Place Brian Kenneally

3^rd Place Andy Hamilton
 

Heaviest Beet

1^st Place Andy Hamilton

2^nd Place Andy Hamilton

3^rd Place Kelly Hutton
 

Longest Gourd

1^st Place Cornelia Coffin

2^nd Place Gerard Ansems

3^rd Place Andy Hamilton
 

Tallest Sunflower

1^st Place Frank Ansems

2^nd Place Cornelia Coffin

3^rd Place Brian Burke
 

Largest Sunflower Head

1^st Place Frank Ansems

2^nd Place Cornelia Coffin
 

Longest Carrot

1^st Place Brian Burke
 

Largest Radish

1^st Place Brian Burke
 

Field Pumpkin

1^st Place Mary Moore

2^nd Place Tom Corkum
 

Biggest Watermelon

1^st Place Mary Moore
 

Open Veggie Class

1^st Place Brian Burke

2^nd Place Tom Corkum

3^rd Place Chris Ansems 

Weigh Off Rules link

AVGVG Weigh off Sept 2009

The Annapolis Valley Giant Vegetable Growers had their 1st annual weigh off, held at Glad Gardens in Waterville Nova Scotia. Special thanks go to the Dill family for the use of their scale. This weigh off serves as a warm up to the Windsor weigh off and gives our members an opportunity to showcase the fruits of their labor which may otherwise go unnoticed.  A Sub Gallery of pictures has been added to the Gallery page.

Pumpkins- 11 entries, here are the top three
1st- Jeff Reid- 619 lbs. 1566 Rodonis x 1156 Hunt
2nd- Wayne Knox- 486 lbs. 227 Hamilton x self
3rd- Jeff Reid- 361 lbs.

Children's category
1st- Thomas Murphy- 246 lbs.
2nd- Emma Murphy- 215 lbs.
3rd- Victoria Kenneally- 204 lbs

Carrots
1st- Ryan Burke- 30 3/4 inches
2nd- Brian Burke- 24 inches
3rd- Tom Corkum- 15 inches

Parsnip
Tom Corkum- 32 inches
Brian Burke- 19 inches

Raddish
Brian Burke- 52 inches

Tomatoes- nine entries, largest grown by Thomas Murphy- 2.5 lbs.

Long Gourds
1st- Tom Corkum- 95 inches- 90 Knox x self
2nd- Mary Moore- 70.5 inches- 90 Knox x self
3rd- Jeff Reid- 74.5 inches ??
4th- Thomas Murphy- 69.5 inches- 90 Knox x self
5th- Andy Hamilton- 68.5- 122 Eaton x sibb
 

The Dill Family

In recognition of their outstanding contribution to the world of giant vegetable growing and to their valuable support to the cultural infrastructure of Nova Scotia, The Dill Family have been awarded lifetime honorary membership to the AVGVG.