{
  "id": 15810689,
  "title": "A Rhode Island Man Grew the First Pumpkin to Surpass 3,000 Pounds. The Gargantuan Gourd Is the Largest Fruit Ever",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/a-rhode-island-man-grew-the-first-pumpkin-to-surpass-3-000-pounds-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T21:20:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rhode-island-man-grew-the-first-pumpkin-to-surpass-3000-pounds-the-gargantuan-gourd-is-the-largest-fruit-ever-180989723/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On October 10, Ron Wallace took the pumpkin king crown with a 3,156-pounder. The previous record—a respectable, nearly 2,857-pound pumpkin—was set just a week earlier by British grower Ian Paton",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}