Gigantic gourd grown by John Thomas Leathes in 1846. It weighed 196lb and measured 7ft. 3ins. in circumference.

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Gigantic gourd grown by John Thomas Leathes in 1846. It weighed 196lb and measured 7ft. 3ins. in circumference. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

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