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Howard Dill, "The father of all pumpkins".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/society/life/the-father-of-all-pumpkins/|title=The most famous man in the giant pumpkin world - Macleans.ca|website=www.macleans.ca|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> |
Howard Dill, "The father of all pumpkins".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/society/life/the-father-of-all-pumpkins/|title=The most famous man in the giant pumpkin world - Macleans.ca|website=www.macleans.ca|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> |
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Growing giant and pumpkin varieties for many years in the Annapolis Valley close to Windsor NS Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.agcanada.com/daily/n-s-pumpkin-king-howard-dill-73|title=N.S. "pumpkin king" Howard Dill, 73|last=News|first=GFM Network|website=Canadian Cattlemen|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> |
Growing giant and pumpkin varieties for many years in the Annapolis Valley close to Windsor NS Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.agcanada.com/daily/n-s-pumpkin-king-howard-dill-73|title=N.S. "pumpkin king" Howard Dill, 73|last=News|first=GFM Network|website=Canadian Cattlemen|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> |
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Howard Dill being self-taught hybridizer, earned business from competitive giant pumpkin growers and ordinary gardeners from as far away as Thailand and Turkey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pumpkin-king-dies-1.741958|title=Pumpkin king dies {{!}} CBC News|last=May 21|first=CBC News · Posted:|last2=May 21|first2=2008 10:32 AM AT {{!}} Last Updated:|website=CBC|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01|last3=2008}}</ref> |
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International Pumpkin Association weigh-off in 1979 with one of his early hybrids, earned him the top prize that year of 199 kilograms. He was given the title of "Pumpkin King" at this time. Atlantic Giant pumpkin seeds were first patented in 1979 by Howard Dill, who then went on to set the world record. This event happened on ___ 1980 with a 459 lbs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/growing-giant-pumpkins/story?id=12005986|title=Great Pumpkin: Secret to Growing Giant Gourds|last=News|first=A. B. C.|date=2010-10-30|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:07, 1 February 2019
Howard Dill, "The father of all pumpkins".[1]
1934 - May 20 2008.
A giant pumpkin breeder and Canadian Hockey aficionado and historian who ran The Dill Family Farm for many years.
Growing giant and pumpkin varieties for many years in the Annapolis Valley close to Windsor NS Canada.[2]
Howard Dill being self-taught hybridizer, earned business from competitive giant pumpkin growers and ordinary gardeners from as far away as Thailand and Turkey.[3]
International Pumpkin Association weigh-off in 1979 with one of his early hybrids, earned him the top prize that year of 199 kilograms. He was given the title of "Pumpkin King" at this time. Atlantic Giant pumpkin seeds were first patented in 1979 by Howard Dill, who then went on to set the world record. This event happened on ___ 1980 with a 459 lbs.[4]
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References
- ^ "The most famous man in the giant pumpkin world - Macleans.ca". www.macleans.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ News, GFM Network. "N.S. "pumpkin king" Howard Dill, 73". Canadian Cattlemen. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ May 21, CBC News · Posted:; May 21, 2008 10:32 AM AT | Last Updated:; 2008. "Pumpkin king dies | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
{{cite web}}:|last3=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ News, A. B. C. (2010-10-30). "Great Pumpkin: Secret to Growing Giant Gourds". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
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