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PHOTO: NH Claims World's Largest Pumpkin

It was featured in the Deerfield Fair.

Now that's a great pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

The annual Deerfield Fair pumpkin weigh-off was held Thursday night, and the gourd grown by Boscawen's Steven Geddes won with a weight of 1,843.5 pounds – which organizers said is a world record.

The Deerfield Fair runs this weekend. More information about it can be found here.

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The previous pumpkin weight record was set last year by a couple from Canada whose gourd weighed in at 1,818.5 pounds.

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