Photos: State Fair Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off

Updated: September 28, 2016 Published: August 30, 2014

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Boy Scouts from Troop 367 in Palmer help wheel cabbages into the Farm Exhibits building. The Alaska State Fair Giant Cabbage Weigh-off attracted 22 entries on Friday, August 29, 2014. Steve Hubacek won the competition with a 117.95-pound cabbage.

PALMER -- "Marmaduke" claimed the title of king of the cabbages at the 19th Annual Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off at the Alaska State Fair on Friday night.

At nearly 118 pounds, it wasn't enough to unseat the world record of 138.25 pounds set in 2012, but the washing-machine-size vegetable grown by Steve Hubacek of Wasilla topped this year's closest competitor by 4 pounds.

The expectations of the crowd in the bleachers at the Farm Exhibits Building were high.

Photos: State Fair Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off

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