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More information for the Pumpkin Weigh-Off will be available in Summer 2023.
Chair: Jim Ackerman
Date: Tuesday, September 13
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Place: Corner of First and Jefferson Streets
Jeremy Cook, 993.5lbs
Davis Countryman, 1.242lbs
Lexi Cook, 813.5lbs
Reid Cook, 535.5lbs
Brody Tindall, 62lbs
Grant Saunders, 62lbs
Gibson Countryman, 56.5lbs
Hope your pumpkins are fairing these hot summer days, check out the Chamber’s pumpkin at the Morton Public Library!
The Pumpkin Weigh-Off, sponsored by LIBBY’S Pumpkin, is a competition showcasing pumpkins of all sizes! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the Giant King Pumpkin, the Queen Pumpkin, and the Tiniest Pumpkin grown by Morton children.
Anyone can enter the Mature Pumpkin Weighing Exactly 56 Lbs. or the Open Class Giant Pumpkin competitions. The Open Class Winner will receive a $300 cash prize! Winners will be announced and/or recognized on the Pumpkin Festival Entertainment Stage on Thursday, September 15 beginning at 6:30pm.
Categories open to anyone are:
Categories open to Morton children are:
Weigh Off Rules:
2021 Winners:
Please help us thank our sponsor:
The Pumpkin Weigh-Off, sponsored by LIBBY’S Pumpkin, is a competition showcasing pumpkins of all sizes! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the Giant King Pumpkin, the Queen Pumpkin, and the Tiniest Pumpkin grown by Morton children.
Anyone can enter the Mature Pumpkin Weighing Exactly 53 Lbs. or the Open Class Giant Pumpkin competitions. The Open Class Winner will receive a $300 cash prize!
Winning pumpkins will be in the Business Expo throughout Festival and will ride in the parade on Saturday morning!
To participate, bring your pumpkin to the parking lot across from PNC Bank at the corner of North First Avenue and Jefferson Street on the Tuesday before Festival between 4 and 5:30 pm.
Hope your pumpkins are fairing these hot summer days, we look forward to posting online registration late summer. Check out the Chamber’s pumpkin at the Morton Public Library!
The Pumpkin Weigh-Off, sponsored by LIBBY’S Pumpkin, is a competition showcasing pumpkins of all sizes! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the Giant King Pumpkin, the Queen Pumpkin, and the Tiniest Pumpkin grown by Morton children.
Anyone can enter the Mature Pumpkin Weighing Exactly 54 Lbs. or the Open Class Giant Pumpkin competitions. The Open Class Winner will receive a $300 cash prize!
Winning pumpkins will be displayed in the Morton Public Library parking lot after the event.
To participate, bring your pumpkin to the parking lot across from PNC Bank at the corner of North First Avenue and Jefferson Street on the Tuesday September 15 between 4:00 – 5:30 PM.
Chairman: Jim Ackerman
Date: Tuesday, September 15
Time: 4:00 – 6:30 PM
Place: Corner of First and Jefferson Streets
The categories open to anyone are:
1. Open Class Giant Pumpkin
2. Mature Pumpkin Weighing exactly 51 pounds
The categories open to Morton children are:
1. Giant King Pumpkin
2. Queen Pumpkin (½ size of King)
3. Tiniest Pumpkin
The Open Class Giant Pumpkin winner will receive a $300 cash prize.
There is no pre-registration. Register when you bring your pumpkin to the Weigh Off.
Weigh Off Rules:
1) The entry must be a minimum of 75% orange in color. All others will be considered squash.
2) The specimen must be sound, healthy, and undamaged; free of rot, holes/cracks through to the cavity, chemical residue (fungicides), and serious soft spots.
3) No foreign material is permitted to be included in the weighing.
4) Vine must be no longer than one inch from the stem of the fruit.
5) The judges reserve the right to fully inspect each specimen before, or after, the weight is announced. Refusal to allow the inspection of an entry will cause said entry to be deemed “exhibition only”.
6) Winners are deemed officially determined upon the close of the Weigh-Off.
7) In the event of a tie in a cash-prize category, the prize money for those two places will be combined and split equally.
8) Growers will not be permitted to challenge or touch any other competitor’s pumpkin.
9) Decisions of the judges are final in all cases.
10) The Morton Chamber of Commerce shall not be liable for compensation for loss or damage to any exhibit or personal property.
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