Canada 850+ Giant Pumpkins 2005 This is my list of official Canadian grown giant pumpkins,over 850 lbs, weighed at a public competition this year. How does this year's crop compare with past years? 2005--75 over 850,top 10 average = 1207 lbs We can conclude that our 2004--61 " " " " " = 1143 lbs AG hobby is still growing 2003--51 " " " " " = 1186 lbs and very strong. 2002--29 " " " " " = 1079 lbs Just look at the immense 2001--20 " " " " " = 986 lbs difference between 2000 and 2000--11 " " " " " = 917 lbs 2005. 1999--10 " " " " " = 934 lbs 1998--10 " " " " " = 953 lbs There was no progress from 1998 to 2000,then our results started to take off.Why did this happen? Could the influence of Mike Nepereny's AGGC be a big part of the answer? I have done my best to round up these 2005 results but if you see any errors or omissions please tell me and I will correct them. Al Eaton Nov/05 Grower Hometown Site Rank Site 1 Bryan Dueck 1327.5 St Catherines,ON 1 2005 PEO 2 Jake VanKooten 1287.0 Port Alberni,BC 1 2005 SHO 3 Daryl Tingley 1247.0 Fredericton,NB 1 2005 WIN 4 Todd Kline 1204.0 Shawville,QC 1 2005 OTT 5 Lisa Wentzell 1190.0 Bridgewater,NS 2 2005 WIN 6 Pierre Slusarek 1187.0 La Tuque,QC 1 2005 GEN OTT 7 Darrell Leonard 1185.5 Wyevale,ON 2 2005 PEO 8 Edmand Hemphill 1176.0 Mount Pleasant,NB 1 2005 NEG WIN 9 Dave Pitura 1131.5 Merrickville,ON 3 2005 PEO 10 Chris Lyons 1130.0 Toronto,ON 4 2005 PEO 11 Fred Hain 1128.5 London,ON 5 2005 PEO 12 Todd Kline 1110.0 Shawville,QC 1 2005 LDS 13 Bob MacKenzie 1104.5 Tiverton,ON 1 2005 PEO-BGH 14 John Lyons 1100.0 Baltimore,ON 6 2005 PEO 15 Harley Sproule 1097.5 Ormstown,QC 3 2005 OTT 16 Michel Beaudoin 1097.0 Becancour,QC 2 2005 GEN OTT 17 Renald Provencher 1090.0 Becancour,QC 3 2005 GEN OTT 18 Ben Johnson 1090.0 Kakabeka Falls,ON 1 2005 THB 19 Roger Wentzell 1081.0 Bridgewater,NS 4 2005 WIN 20 Claude Girard 1072.0 Grd-Saint-Espirit,QC 4 2005 GEN OTT 21 Archie Lingl 1048.5 Kelowna,BC 1 2005 SMO 22 Bill Donkers 1047.5 Brights Grove,ON 7 2005 PEO 23 Doug Fisher 1047.0 Goderich,ON 8 2005 PEO 24 Art Johnston 1043.5 St Thomas,ON 9 2005 PEO 25 Richard Goodhue 1037.5 Lennoxville,QC 7 2005 OTT 26 Brant Timm 1031.5 Pembroke,ON 8 2005 OTT 27 Normand Doucet 1025.0 St.Boniface,QC 5 2005 GEN OTT 28 John Butler 1020.5 St Thomas,ON 10 2005 PEO 29 Phil Hunt 1011.0 Cameron,ON 11 2005 PEO 30 Frank Catapano 1002.0 Woodbridge,ON 12 2005 PEO 31 Dave Pitura 1000.0 Merrickville,ON 1 2005 SVF 32 Glenn Needham 999.5 Braeside,ON 10 2005 OTT 33 Clifford Picketts 998.0 French River,PE 5 2005 WIN 34 Claude Girard 997.0 Grd-Saint-Espirit,QC 6 2005 GEN OTT 35 Phil Joynson 988.0 Enniskillen,ON 5 2005 NIA 36 Cathy Fisher 985.0 Goderich,ON 13 2005 PEO 37 Larry Marsland 979.5 Cumberland,ON 11 2005 OTT 38 Henry Banman 978.0 Schanzenfeld,MB 1 2005 ROL 39 Alan Eaton 973.5 Richmond,ON 12 2005 OTT 40 Roger Wentzell 959.0 Bridgewater,NS sound,surplus WIN 41 Neil Vaillant 958.0 Murillo,ON 2 2005 THB 42 Doug Fisher 955.5 Goderich,ON 2 2005 PEO-BGH 43 Derek LaForge 953.0 Langton,ON 14 2005 PEO 44 Bill VanSchuppen 936.5 Montague,PE 1 2005 SPR 45 Will Neily 935.0 Paradise,NS 6 2005 WIN 46 Harry Willemse 932.0 Forest,ON 15 2005 PEO 47 Debbie Johnston 931.5 St Thomas,ON 16 2005 PEO 48 Chris Lyons 929.5 Baltimore,ON 1 2005 WEL 49 Arnold Vader 928.0 Cherry Valley,ON 17 2005 PEO WEL 50 Vicki Butler 927.5 St Thomas,ON 18 2005 PEO 51 Tony El-Kassis 922.0 Richmond,ON 13 2005 OTT 52 Adam Timpf 919.0 Walsingham,ON 2 2005 SIM 53 Gavin Gibb 915.5 Westbank,BC 2 2005 SMO 54 Craig Sandvik 914.0 Chemainus,BC 1 2005 NAN 55 Laurant Maillet 912.0 Haut Shippagan,NB 2 2005 NEG 56 Cory Campbell 911.5 Walkerton,ON 3 2005 PEO-BGH 57 Bill Northrup 904.0 Sussex,NB 7 2005 WIN 58 Claude Colbert 904.0 Sainte-Croix,QC 7 2005 GEN 59 Howard Dill 903.0 Windsor,NS 8 2005 WIN 60 Lorie Shaw 895.0 Charlottetown,PE 9 2005 WIN 61 Richard Plourde 893.4 Edmunston,NB 1 2005 EDM 62 Chelsea Penner 892.0 Napanee,ON 3 2005 WEL 63 Clifford Picketts 891.5 French River,PE 2 2005 SPR 64 Dawn Northrup 891.0 Sussex,NB 10 2005 WIN 65 Elizabeth Steeves 891.0 Irishtown,NB 11 2005 WIN 66 Carson Willemse 886.0 Forest,ON 19 2005 PEO 67 Gary Burke 880.5 Otterville,ON 20 2005 PEO 68 Floyd Hardy 880.0 Tignish,PE 3 2005 SPR 69 Fenton McInnis 876.0 Hubbards,NS 12 2005 WIN 70 John MacKinnon 874.0 Strathlorne,NS 1 2005 MIL 71 Irv Gill 873.0 Napanee,ON 4 2005 WEL 72 Don Crews 867.0 Lloydminister,AB 3 2005 SMO 73 Tony El-Kassis 866.5 Richmond,ON sound,surplus OTT 74 Eddy Shaw 864.0 Charlottetown,PE 13 2005 WIN 75 James Kucharik 853.0 Pakenham,ON 14 2005 OTT 2003 2004 2005 Over 850 lbs Note that the more By Province Ontario 60% 52% 51% "mature" AG provinces Quebec 6% 13% 15% of ON and NS seem to New Brunswick 4% 10% 9.5% trending downward and Nova Scotia 18% 15% 9.5% the "newer" provinces Prince Edward Is. 8% 5% 8% of QC and NB are on the British Columbia 2% 5% 5% rise. Manitoba 2% -- 1% Will this trend carry Alberta -- -- 1% on in 2006?? 100% 100% 100%