Rhode Island Grower's Pumpkin Tops 3,000 Pounds, a World First

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA Rhode Island man has grown the first pumpkin in history to weigh more than three thousand pounds, and the fruit world will never be the same.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRon Wallace's pumpkin weighed three thousand one hundred fifty-six pounds, Smithsonian Magazine reports, and it beat the old record of nearly two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe old record was set a week earlier. A week. Someone's reign lasted less than a hashtag.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat was Ian Paton, a British grower, and he and Ron are friends who talk weekly, sometimes daily.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the rival was on the phone the whole time. Weekly calls, and the record still got broken. Impressive, and a little suspicious.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorKenji. Growers usually beat the champion by twenty or thirty pounds, and this one won by nearly three hundred.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNearly three hundred. And the transport plan had a harness, rope, damp sheets, a comforter, shrink wrap and a flatbed truck. This is witness protection.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSixty pounds a day, and Ron's position is he never weighed it. That's a very strong no comment.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe's also taking next year off.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the pumpkin gets a comforter and the man gets a vacation. Honestly, I'm in.