Glad Gardens Weigh Off Current Event Records
Adult Division
Type Year Size Grower Tallest Corn 2016 201.5″ Paul Ferguson Tallest Sunflower 2019 181″ Frank Ansems Sunflower Head 2012 19.5″ Dianna Dill Heaviest Onion 2016 2.51 lbs Gordon Foster Heaviest Marrow 2019 163 lbs Fred Ansems Heaviest Tomato 2015 4.73 lbs Paul Ferguson Field Pumpkin 2014 197 lbs John MacKinnon Heaviest Beet 2013 36.74 lbs Amanda Muis Giant Squash 2020 1253 lbs Fred Ansems Giant Pumpkin 2018 1808 lbs Daryl & Maureen Tingley Longest Carrot 2018 83″ Catharina Ansems Heaviest Radish 2019 12.25 lbs Wes Benedict Long Gourd 2019 142.25″ Frank Ansems Heaviest Watermelon 2013 124 lbs Fred Ansems Heaviest Cabbage 2017 42 lbs Catharina Ansems Heaviest Turnip 2016 32.76lbs Paul Ferguson Heaviest Kohlrabi 2018 31.44 lbs Gordon Foster Giant Bushel Gourd 2019 266 lbs Gerard Ansems Torombincino 2017 11 lbs Michelle MuisChildren’s Division
Type Year Size Grower Tallest Corn 2012 120.75″ Adam Rand Tallest Sunflower 2018 152″ Leah Hall Sunflower Head 2012 17″ Hayden Smeltzer Heaviest Tomato 2014 2.84 lbs Benjamon Floyd Field Pumpkin 2016 108 lbs Carter Ansems Heaviest Beet 2017 22.06 lbs Tyler Reid Giant Squash 2012 519 lbs Emma Murphy Giant Pumpkin 2012 666 lbs Chloe Goucher Longest Carrot 2012 25″ Travis Reid Long Gourd 2018 88.5″ Caiden Swindall Heaviest Watermelon 2018 19.18 lbs Caiden Swindall Heaviest Turnip 2016 23 lbs Miranda Reid Heaviest Onion 2019 1.31 lbs Abram Goossen Heaviest Cabbage 2016 22 lbs Tyler Reid Heaviest Radish 2019 10 lbs 5 oz Michael ArmstrongWayne Knox Memorial Trophy Winners
(Largest pumpkin grown by a Club member weighed at Glad Gardens)
2011 Frank Ansems 988 Lbs
2012 Gerard Ansems 1616 Lbs
2013 Fred Ansems 1122 Lbs
2014 Gerard Ansems 1297 Lbs
2015 Fred Ansems 1402 Lbs
2016 Catharina Ansems 1368 Lbs
2017 Jeff Reid 1298 Lbs
2018 Daryl & Maureen Tingley 1808 Lbs
2019 Daryl & Maureen Tingley 1495 Lbs
2020 Ron Muis 1223 Lbs
Gerard Ansems Memorial Award for Heaviest Bushel Gourd:
2020 Fred Ansems 233 Lbs
World Record Long Gourd 2013 Fred Ansems -139.25″
Annapolis Valley Giant Vegetable Growers
Half Ton Club Members
Year Grower Weight Weigh Off 2005 Todd Kline 1204 ByWard Market Weigh Off 2005 Phil & Jane Hunt 1011 Port Elgin Pumpkinfest 2007 Jeff Reid 1202 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2007 Bill Northrup 1195.5 Les Festival Provincial de Citrouilles 2007 Edmund Hemphill 1081.5 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2008 Carl Graham 1144 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2008 Will Neily 1055 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2009 Tom Corkum 1002 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2009 Dawn Northrup 1432 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2009 Al Aten 1044 Windsor West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2010 Charles Ebbett 1239 Festival Provinciale de la Citrouille 2010 Gerard Ansems 1220 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2010 Valerie Reid 1179 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2010 Jackie Rand 1101 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2010 Gail Ebbett 1008 Les Festival Provincial de Citrouilles 2012 Paul Ferguson 1205 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2012 Bill Smeltzer 1199 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2012 Catharina Ansems 1190 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2012 Danny Dill 1108 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2012 Dianna Dill-MacDonald 1092 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2012 Mary Moore 1058 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2012 Gordon Foster 1019 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2013 Andrew Ansems 1158 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2013 Brian Kenneally 1381 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2013 Frank Ansems 1249 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2013 Danny Ansems 1088 Hants County Exibition 2013 Fred Ansems 1142 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2013 Geoff Gould 1084 Central Market 2014 John Butler 1236 Port Elgin Pumpkin Festival 2014 Daryl Tingley 1156.5 Journee de la Citrouville d’Edmundston Weigh Off 2015 Ron Muis 1194 AVGVG – Glad Gardens 2015 Stephen Atkinson 1160 Windsor-West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2015 Ed Ward 1047 AVGVG – Glad Gardens 2016 Maureen Tingley 1220 Le Festival Provincial de la Citrouville Weigh Off 2017 Eddy Shaw 1624 Windsor West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2017 Jeremy Zwicker 1181 AVGVG Glad Gardens Weigh Off 2017 Shirley Ansems 1154 Windsor West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2018 Tom Dudka 1051 Windsor West Hants Pumpkin Festival 2018 Gail Ebbett 1009 AVGVG Glad Gardens Weigh Off 2019 Marilyn Ansems 1017 AVGVG Glad Gardens Weigh Off 2020 Francis Campbell 1170 Shelburne Weigh offAtlantic Canada Top 10 (GPC- 2018)
Pumpkins
Weight Grower 1. 1813 Bill & Dawn Northrup (2013) 2 1811 Carl Graham (2012) 3. 1808 Daryl & Maureen Tingley (2018) 4. 1727 Gerard Ansems (2012) 4. 1624 Eddy Shaw (2017) 5. 1468 Edmund Hemphill (2010) 6. 1447 Daryl Tingley (2016) 7. 1432 Bill & Dawn Northrup (2009) 8. 1419 Jeff Reid (2010) 9. 1415 Gerard Ansems (2015) 10. 1402 Fred Ansems (2015)GPC Official Top Ten World as of 2018
1 2624.6 Mathias Willemijns Deurle, Belgium 2 2528 Steve Geddes Boscawen, NH 3 2469 Steve Daletas Pleasant Hill, OR 4 2433 Ian & Stu Paton Lymington, Eng. 5 2416.5 Karl Haist Clarence ,NY 6 2363 Joel Holland Sumner, WA 7 2323.7 Beni Meier Pfungen,Switzerland 8 2283 John Barlow & Caleb Jacobus Gays Mills, WI
9 2269.4 Ian & Stu Paton Lymington, England
10 2261 Dick Wallace Greene, R. I.
