Ron Wallace from Rhode Island grew a very large pumpkin. On 10 October, he set a new record with it. His pumpkin weighed 3,156 pounds. It was the first pumpkin over 3,000 pounds. It was also the largest fruit ever.
Just one week earlier, Ian Paton from Britain set the last record. His pumpkin weighed almost 2,857 pounds. Wallace’s pumpkin broke Paton’s record.






