RON HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE GROWER OF GIANT PUMPKINS FOR 20 PLUS YEARS
HIS AWARDS INCLUDE
2006 WORLD RECORD (IST GROWER TO REACH 1,500 POUNDS) 1502
2006 GROWER OF THE YEAR GPC
FOUR TIME SNGPG/RIPGA GPC SITE CHAMPION
ONE TIME WINNER NEPGA GPC WEIGH-OFF
TWO TIME CT GPC WEIGH-OFF CHAMPION
THREE TIME CHAMPION BETHLEHEM FAIR
TWO TIME CHAMPION DURHAM FAIR CHAMPION
CLUB AFFILIATIONS – PRESIDENT AND CEO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS 2005 THRU 2009. CO-PUBLISHER OF OUR NEWSLETTERS AS WELL.
RON IS ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS PROMOTERS OF OUR HOBBY. HE SENDS OUT HUNDREDS OF SEED REQUESTS EVERY YEAR, DONATES VALUABLE SEEDS TO MANY CLUBS FOR AUCTION AND SHARES HIS RESEARCH FINDING WITH THE GENERAL GROWING COMMUNITY AT LARGE. A TRUE LEADER IN OUR HOBBY.