The Pumpkin King [Paperback]

Albert E. Kingsbury (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1997

Once upon a time, giant pumpkins existed only in story books or in the tall tales of legends. Then along came Howard Dill. This Nova Scotia farmer inherited his father's passion for growing big pumpkins, and bred his own Dill's Atlantic Giant seeds which have produced world-record pumpkins weighing more than 1,000 pounds.

Laced with pictures collected over two decades, The Pumpkin King traces Dill's exploits from the quiet of his own pumpkin patch to the glory of international competition. It also reveals his astute development of a thriving seed business.

Along the way, relevant facts are given about this increasingly popular product of autumn. The book includes tips on how to grow the big ones, statistics on world-record weights, and takes readers through the excitement of a local pumpkin weighoff day.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The Pumpkin King is the first book published on the sport/hobby of giant pumpkin growing. It brings together for the first time the story of the development of weighoff competitions which are held annually at numerous sites around the world.

First published in 1992, The Pumpkin King continued to be one of the top selling books by its original publisher. In 1996, following the startling news that two pumpkins weighing more than 1,000 pounds had been grown, the book was revised to include all current weighoff results and pictures of the two record-setting pumpkins and their growers.

Howard Dill continues to expand his market of Dill's Atlantic Giant pumpkin seeds, so every year more and more growers around the world are getting caught up in the intriguing and fascinating quest to grow giant pumpkins.

About the Author

Al Kingsbury was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and followed a newspaper career first as a compositor at The Cape Breton Post, and then at The Chronicle-Herald and The Mail-Star. He transferred to the editorial department of The Chronicle-Herald in 1980, and was named chief of the paper's Annapolis Valley bureau. He has done public relations work, and compiled history books for United Memorial Church and Halifax Typographical Union, which he also served as secretary-treasurer and president.

He retired from the newspaper business in 1994, and now does public relations and marketing work through his own business, A Way With Words.

He is active in community and provincial organizations.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Atlantic Giant Book Distributing (March 1, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0968180809
• ISBN-13: 978-0968180808
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,907,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book for a rainy day., March 21, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Pumpkin King (Paperback)

The book "THE PUMKIN KING" is a great book to read on a rainy day. It makes you want to go out and get started on a pumkin garden right away. Reading this can really move a gardeners soul. I might not be that old but I know a good book when I see one and this is a good book! I have had a garden all my life and my pumkins never did that well until after I took some ideas from the book, thankyou.