Atlantic Giant

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucurbita
Species: C. maxima

The Atlantic Giant is a pumpkin (sometimes also qualified as a squash, depending on fruit color) variety of the species Cucurbita maxima that was bred by Howard Dill. The uniqueness of this variety lies in its production of fruits both more massive and more voluminous than those produced by any other plant in the world. The heaviest Atlantic Giant pumpkin on record weighed in at 681.3 kg (1,502 pounds) and was grown by Ron Wallace in 2006. Under standard conditions the Atlantic Giant can consistently produce fruits in excess of 500 lbs.

Many people grow the Atlantic Giant pumpkin variety for competition at weighoffs and harvest festivals around the world. These gardeners tend to become extraordinarily involved with taking care of their pumpkins, because of the large amount of effort that it takes to grow this variety. Numerous clubs and organizations dedicated to promoting giant pumpkin growing exist worldwide.

Seeds from pumpkins that have been proven to produce big pumpkins can be sold at online auctions for considerable sums of money. The highest price for a single pumpkin seed being $850 for a 1068 Wallace seed in 2006 [1].

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[edit] Western U.S.

[edit] Midwestern U.S.

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[edit] Family trees, pumpkin data, and other seed info

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