And they said there’d be a pumpkin shortage.  Whatevs. In California, this is a new jack (o’lantern) city:

The winning pumpkin at the Elk Grove 12th Annual Harvest Festival weighed 1,280 pounds, a new state record. 

The Napa pumpkin was just under 9 feet tall at 107 inches. The crowd gave it a standing ovation.

The pumpkin’s grower, Gary Miller didn’t reveal any secrets to his pumpkin’s enormous size, other than to say it was just “well behaved.”

The biggest pumpkin win netted Miller $6,400.

About 120 growers participated in weigh-off, according to a festival official.

Even with the pumpkin’s great size, it’s not the biggest recorded this year. Word is, a grower in Ohio has cultivated a 1,500 pound pumpkin.