MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Willem le Grange, who farms in the Ruiterbos area, inland from Mossel Bay, has come fourth in the Giant Pumpkin Festival, held in Heidelberg in the Southern Cape.
Le Grange entered his back-up pumpkin, weighing 696kg, after his first pumpkin, which he aimed to enter into the competition, went rotten about a month ago.
The festival took place from Thursday to Saturday, 27 to 29 March.
For the first time in South Africa, there is a pumpkin that weights more than a ton. Piet Lotz of Riversdale came first in the competition with his pumpkin, weighing 1 120kg.
This was actually Lotz's second pumpkin that he entered.
Lotz's first entry weighed 1 062kg.
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