The number of pounds of Virginia’s largest pumpkin during it’s seven-year reign.
Grown by William Layton in Tyro, the pumpkin, named Last Chance, won the State Fair of Virginia’s 2007 Giant Pumpkin Contest and held its title as the largest squash until Sept. 29, when Hank Houston of Spotslyvania County turned in a 1,203-pound gourd. Last year Layton’s pumpkin, Lucky, clocked in around 640 pounds and came in second place. —Nicole Bayne
(October 2014)
