Ed Weeks (grower)

Last updated March 11, 2025

Ed Weeks set numerous world records for growing large vegetables. In 1964, he founded Weeks Seed Company.^[1] He resided in Tarboro, North Carolina.^[2]

Records

Records set by Weeks:

1970: 118 lb Watermelon^[2]
1975: 197 lb Watermelon^[1]
1977: 39 lb Cantaloupe^[3]
1978: 3.5 inch long Peanut^[1]

References

1 2 3 "About Us". Weeks Seed Company. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
1 2 "118 Pound Melon". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. 25 July 1970. p. 6D. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
↑ McWhirter, Norris (1979). Guinness Book of World Records . Bantam Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-0553123708.

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[aboutus-1] 1 2 3 "About Us". Weeks Seed Company. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[Daybeach-2] 1 2 "118 Pound Melon". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. 25 July 1970. p. 6D. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[Guiness79-3] McWhirter, Norris (1979). Guinness Book of World Records . Bantam Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-0553123708.

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