Giant pumpkin sets southern hemisphere record

By Jamie Brown
January 14 2021 - 12:00pm
North Coast nurseryman Dale Oliver is dwarfed by his heaviest Atlantic variety giant pumpkin, 876kg, which is now a new southern hemisphere record. Picture: Dale Oliver
North Coast nurseryman Dale Oliver is dwarfed by his heaviest Atlantic variety giant pumpkin, 876kg, which is now a new southern hemisphere record. Picture: Dale Oliver

A giant Atlantic variety pumpkin grown by North Coast nurseryman Dale Oliver, of NSW's Northern Rivers, has claimed the southern hemisphere record at 867 kilograms after a spectacular public weigh-in at Kyogle on Saturday.

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