AUSTRALIAN GIANT PUMPKIN AND VEGETABLE SUPPORTERS (AGPVS)

WEIGHT

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Cucurbita pepo:

Heavy Field Pumpkin (uncertified) 25 kg grown by Phillip McCauley (2013 VIC)

Heavy Vegetable Marrow 38.0 kg grown by Phillip McCauley (2015 VIC)

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Cucurbita moschata:

Heavy Stock Gramma - no known record

Heaviest "Butternut type" squash  (including Violina Di Rugosa) - 10kg (WA)

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Gourds:

Heavy Bushel Gourd 50.5kg grown by Dale Oliver (2022 NSW)

• Previously 42.8 kg grown by Robert Weber (2001 VIC)

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Table Pumpkins & Zucchini:

If your local show has a record-breaking table pumpkin or zucchini on show, be sure to remind them to fill in our paperwork so it can be certified.

• Queensland blue 24.6kg (1998 VIC)

• Grey Table Pumpkin (part Queensland Blue heritage) 34.8kg grown by Melody Cameron (2018 NSW)

• Cushaw squash 9.2kg (VIC)

• Butternut pumpkin / squash 13.6kg grown by Nathan & Tania Buzza (2024 VIC)

  • Previously 11.4kg grown by Nathan & Tania Buzza (2024 VIC)

• Tromboncino 9.5kg grown by Andrea Prophet (2023 SA)

  • Previously 6.20kg grown by Aimee Bendotti (2021 WA)

• Heavy Zucchini marrow [Courgette] 7.28kg grown by Lucy Ward and Grace Sarta (2023 VIC)

  • (uncertified) 7.8kg grown by Mark, Christy, Tiana and Tameka Hobbs (2022 VIC)

  • Previously 6.3kg (uncertified weight 6.4kg on home scales a week prior) grown by Sophie Thomson (2021 SA), "Caesar" variety

  • Previously (uncertified) 6kg grown by Geoff and Cassandra Hill (2021 NSW)

  • Previously certified at 5kg (1997 VIC)

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Heaviest Fruits:

• Heaviest avocado 1.990kg

• Heaviest Watermelon 107kg grown by Darryl Morris (2024 QLD)

  • Previously 102.0kg grown by Geoff Frohloff (2019 QLD)

  • Previous (uncertified) 95 kg grown by Galen Pettigrew (2001)

• Heaviest citron / pie melon 29.78kg grown by Geoff Frohloff (2018 QLD) 

• Heaviest Cantaloupe (uncertified) 12.3kg grown by Ben Surma

  • AGPVS certified heaviest cantaloupe 10.5 kg grown by Ned Katich (1982 WA)

• Heaviest Tomato 3.700kg grown by Bryan Lai (2024 VIC)

  • Previously 3.100kg grown by Bryan Lai (2024 VIC)

  • Previously (certified by GPC) 2.834g grown by Bryan Lai (2022 VIC)

  • Previously (uncertified) 2.2 kg grown by Rodney Leadbetter

• Heaviest Eggplant (aubergine) 1.738 kg grown by Sam Trotta (2011 VIC)

• Heaviest sweet pepper (Capsicum) - no known record

• Heaviest chilli pepper - no known record

• Heaviest Cucumber (C. sativus) - no known record​

• Heaviest blueberry (as reported by Guiness World Records) 20.4g grown by Costa Group (2023 NSW)

 

Heaviest Root Vegetables:

• Mangel (Fodder) Beetroot (yellow or red) 11 kg grown by Phillip McCauley (2013 VIC)

• Table Beetroot 1.64kg grown by Clifford McKnight (2021 TAS)

  • Previously 1.2kg (1997 VIC)

• Kohlrabi 7.72kg grown by Michael Stillman (2014 QLD)

• White radish 17.2 kg grown by Frank Litterini (1992 South Australia) - certified by Guinness World Records

• Red radish 8.3kg grown by Margaret & Douglas Hutchison (2019 QLD)

  • Previously 675g grown by Marie Kalkaus (2017 QLD)

• Carrot 3.99kg (1980 NSW)​

• Parsnip 1.530kg grown by Julie Grant (2021 TAS)

• Turnip (uncertified, newspaper article) 18.3kg grown by Roger Bignell (2018 TAS)

  • AGPVS certified Turnip 1.554kg grown by Melody Cameron (2017 NSW)

• Swede 2.960kg grown by John Leadbetter (2016 NSW)

• Onion 1.6kg (1997 VIC)

• Leek - no known record

• Garlic - no known record

• Elephant Garlic 1.191kg grown by Jonathan Thompson (2023 SA)

  • Previously 1.092kg grown by Jonathan Thompson (2022 SA)

  • Previously 0.813kg grown by Melody Cameron (2016 NSW)

• Sweet Potato (uncertified, newspaper article) 13kg (approx) grown by Gino Farronato (NSW)

• Yam (Dioscorea) - no known record

• Jicama (Mexican yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus) - no known records

• Potato (uncertified, newspaper article) 1.497kg grown by Stephen Bendotti (2019 Warren District Agricultural Society field day, WA)

  • Previously (uncertified) 1.187 kg grown by Liz Taylor

 

Heaviest Pods:

• Broad (Fava) Bean - 122g grown by Joseph Russo (2021 VIC)

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Heaviest Leafy Vegetables:

• Heaviest Celery - no known record

• Heaviest Green Cabbage 17.60kg grown by Gary Ryan (2020 WA)

  • Previously Heaviest Green Cabbage (uncertified) 10kg (approx) grown by Gino Farronato (2010 NSW)

• Heaviest Red Cabbage 7.95kg grown by Gary Ryan (2020 WA)

• Heaviest Cauliflower (with leaves, but should be trimmed) (uncertified, newspaper article) 8kg (approx) grown by Gino Farronato (2010 NSW)

• Heaviest Kale - no known record

• Heaviest Silverbeet - no known record

• Heaviest radicchio (uncertified, newspaper article) 2.5kg (approx) grown by Gino Farronato (2013 NSW)

• Heaviest Rhubarb single leaf 0.43kg (1997 VIC)