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The 42nd All-New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off opened the 208th Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts, continuing one of the country’s most celebrated agricultural traditions.

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Woody Lancaster of Topsfield, Massachusetts, took first place with a massive pumpkin tipping the scales at 2,598 pounds. The winning gourd set a new all-time Topsfield Fair record, eclipsing the previous mark of 2,507 pounds set by Alex Noel of Abington, Connecticut.

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Larry and Shawna Masters finished in second place with a 2,220-pound entry, while Joe Jutras of North Scituate, Rhode Island, took third place with a 2,197-pound specimen.

The Topsfield weigh-off, which began in 1984, holds historic weight in the giant-pumpkin circuit as the venue where the world’s first one-ton (2,009-pound) pumpkin was officially weighed by Ron Wallace in 2012. The winning entries remain on display on the fairgrounds for visitors throughout the fair’s run through October 12.

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