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Rhode Island farmer grows record breaking pumpkin weighing 3156 pounds

A Rhode Island farmer has grown a pumpkin weighing 3,156 pounds that could break the world record as the first gourd to surpass 3,000 pounds.

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A Rhode Island farmer named Ron Wallace has presented a giant pumpkin weighing 3,156 pounds at a regional contest. UPI, AP News, and WHIO TV report that the massive squash weighed in at the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Warren, Rhode Island. [1][2][3]

The entry marks the first pumpkin known to have surpassed the 3,000 pound threshold. UPI reports that if the weigh-in is approved by Guinness World Records, it will take the global title from a previous record holder that weighed 2,856.8 pounds at a weigh-off held less than a month ago. [1][2]

Ron Wallace grew the pumpkin in Coventry, a town located in Rhode Island. Rhode Island is the smallest United States state by land area and is located in the New England region. [1][2][8]

The giant gourd is currently awaiting official inspection and confirmation by Guinness World Records to formalize the new world record, as reported by United News of Bangladesh and AP News. [2][5]

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In short

  • Ron Wallace grew a giant pumpkin weighing 3,156 pounds in Coventry, Rhode Island.
  • The entry is the first pumpkin recorded to weigh more than 3,000 pounds.
  • The previous world record pumpkin weighed 2,856.8 pounds.
  • Guinness World Records is inspecting the weigh-in for confirmation of the world record.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Rhode Island farmer's giant pumpkin weighs in at 3,156 poundsUPI, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is inspected for possible world recordAP News, 17h ago
  3. [3]3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island could break world recordWHIO TV, 2h ago
  4. [4]3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is inspected for possible world recordDurango Herald, 17h ago
  5. [5]3,156-pound pumpkin from Rhode Island awaits confirmation of possible world recordUnited News of Bangladesh, 14h ago
  6. [6]3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is inspected for possible world recordChicago Tribune, 17h ago
  7. [7]3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is inspected for possible world recordNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal, 17h ago

Background

  1. [8]Rhode Island on Wikipedia
  2. [9]Rhode Island on Grokipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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