加利福尼亞南瓜之王，重達2175磅

A Northern California pumpkin hobbyist has won first place at the 46th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off, setting a record for the largest in California.

一名北加州南瓜愛好者在第46屆西夫韋世界南瓜重量錦標賽中獲得第一名，創(chuàng)下了加州最大南瓜的紀錄。

Leonardo Urena of Napa won $15,000 Monday when his pumpkin logged 2,175 pounds.

納帕的萊昂納多·烏麗娜于本周一贏得了1.5萬美元的大獎，他的南瓜重達2175磅。

Weigh-off spokesman Timothy Beeman says Urena’s pumpkin is the second largest in the contest’s history. A pumpkin from Washington state weighed nearly 2,400 pounds and won in Half Moon Bay in 2017.

稱重發(fā)言人蒂莫西·比曼說，烏麗娜的南瓜是大賽歷史上第二大南瓜。2017年，來自華盛頓州的一個南瓜重近2400磅，在半月灣獲勝。

The 51-year-old says he took up the hobby in 2000 and says he enjoys the pumpkin growing community. He also won the Half Moon Bay contest in 2011.

這位51歲的老人說，他是在2000年開始有這個愛好的，他很喜歡這個南瓜種植社區(qū)。他還贏得了2011年的半月灣比賽。

Urena says he always tells his pumpkins he’s proud of them and he encourages them to keep growing.

烏麗娜說，他總是對自己的南瓜說，他為它們感到驕傲，并鼓勵它們繼續(xù)生長。