Write a commentIt's official. The largest, heaviest squash in New York, the U.S. and the world was weighed in at the 2012 CNY Great Pumpkin Festival, Sept. 29 and 30, said Beth Hilton, executive director, Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce, who hosted the event.
"Jeremy Robinson of North Tonawanda grew the squash that weighed in at 1,221.5 lbs.," Hilton said. "That's the heaviest squash of 2012 and the fifth heaviest of all-time. The heaviest squash on-record was one from a 2011 pumpkin festival in Ontario, Canada that weighed 1, 486 lbs.
