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  • Huge cabbage tops at state fair and with Guinness

    09/03/2009 12:49:54 PM PDT · by Species8472 · 24 replies · 2,032+ views
    Anchorage Daily News ^ | September 3rd, 2009 | JAMES HALPIN
    A massive green cabbage captured the Guinness World Record at the Alaska State Fair on Wednesday, crushing a record set in 1989 by nearly two pounds. The whopper submitted by Wasilla resident Steve Hubacek tipped the scales at 125.9 pounds, said Dean Phipps, marketing director for the fair. The cabbage's head measured about 21 inches across, and its leaves spanned about 5 feet. "I was there when they put it on," he said. "When they put it on everybody took a couple steps back and went like, 'Oh, my gosh.' They all had versions of that and then they started...