Crowds flocked to Trelawney@Wadebridge last week-end for The North Cornwall Onion Show, staged there for the fourth year running.

Garden centre general manager Peter Burks said the event had received strong support from the local community.

“It is thought the show started after World War II and it has grown ever since. We are proud to be able to help it continue.”

There were 14 categories and sections for other vegetables, with winners each receiving a cup.

The heaviest onion, which weighed 7.7 pounds, belonged to Mike Blake from Tywardreath. The Matthews’ family from Bodmin won the heaviest pumpkin category – theirs weighed in at 213 pounds.

Trelawney was founded in 1970 as a nursery by Frank and Marion Danning. The garden centre is now run by their son David and David Symons, who started working for the family at the age of 11.

The company bought Ashford garden centre in North Devon eight years ago and next year open their third centre on a green field site at Probus near Truro.

Martin Langdon, chair of the North Cornwall Onion Show, Mike Blake with the heaviest onion, and Peter Burks.