(16 Sep 2024)
RUSSIA GIANT PUMPKINS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow, Russia – 13 September 2024
1. Wide of giant pumpkins, people preparing scales
2. Various of giant pumpkins
3. Various of pumpkin grower Aleksandr Chusov posing for photo
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Aleksandr Chusov, gardener and grower of giant pumpkins:
"This is a type of giant pumpkin, bred using the most classic selection – you select the most giant pumpkins, cross them with the most giant pumpkins, and as a result, the pumpkins become even bigger and bigger. Then also, the correct agricultural technology (is required), which involves correct formation, correct watering, correct fertilizing, and planting time. In general, there are many nuances about which it is not possible to tell in a couple of minutes, unfortunately."
5. Chusov posing for photo among giant pumpkins
6. Wide of people fitting slings for weighing pumpkins
7. Mid of landscape architect Artyom Parshin looking at scales
8. Various of people fitting slings for weighing pumpkins
9. Tilt up from scales to Parshin UPSOUND (Russian) Artyom Parshin, landscape architect, Moscow State University Botanical Garden ‘Apothecary Garden’:
"(This is) literally the latest electronic crane scales. They are designed for up to three tons. Unfortunately, we won’t have three tons today, but at least it means that errors will be minimal."
10. Various of pumpkins being weighed
11. Close of scale showing "817 kilograms"
12. Wide of Parshin, people applauding
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Parshin, exhibition curator, landscape architect, Moscow State University Botanical Garden ‘Apothecary Garden’:
"Every year for the last 10-15 years this record has been steadily increasing. Last year was not very successful, and no matter how hard the pumpkin growers tried, the maximum was 771 kilograms. One of today’s pumpkins was randomly exactly the same size, but one was larger – 818 (kilograms), and this is an absolute Russian record of all time."
14. Various of pumpkins
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Parshin, exhibition curator, landscape architect, Moscow State University Botanical Garden ‘Apothecary Garden’:
"It should be said that each of these pumpkins has a pedigree. Not only do we know their mothers and fathers, but also their grandfathers and grandmothers, and even seven generations back. Because it is like in purebred animals, the bloodline is very important. That is, in this case, the flower is pollinated by the pollen of some famous pedigree plant, thus, the chance of getting a heavier pumpkin increases."
16. Various of Parshin, people weighing pumpkins
17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Artyom Parshin, exhibition curator, landscape architect, Moscow State University Botanical Garden ‘Apothecary Garden’:
"Sometimes (gardeners) put up an umbrella so the pumpkin doesn’t get too hot from the direct sun. Sometimes (gardeners) put up some kind of canopy so that it doesn’t get wet in a long rain, sometimes you need to water it, and sometimes you need to cover all the plants with a polyethene tunnel on a cold night. So it’s like a small child. But in the end, it turns out to be very big."
18. Wide of vegetables inside greenhouse exhibition hall
19. Giant marrow
20. Record certificate in person’s hands for heaviest marrow
21. Close of marrow
22. Various of giant cucumber in box
23. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anton Dubenyuk, Chief Gardener of Moscow State University Botanical Garden ‘Apothecary Garden’:
24. Wide of people preparing for exhibition
25. Close of watermelons
27. Close of cabbage
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