All people are accustomed to certain sizes of fruits and vegetables. Apples should be no bigger than a tennis ball, as should tomatoes. Onions are usually no smaller than a ball of thread. The list is endless.
However, there are craftsmen who have managed to grow fruits of unimaginable sizes on their plots. We present the 10 largest fruits and vegetables in the world, which got into the famous Guinness Book of Records.
Cabbage – 34 kg
The world's largest cabbage was grown by a family from America in Alaska. This place is not famous for its suitable weather for growing vegetables, but the Evans family managed to do it. In 1997, the world's largest white cabbage was grown, which immediately got into the Guinness Book of Records. Its weight was just over 34 kilograms. For comparison, this is the average weight of an 8-year-old child. So far, no one has managed to beat the Evans' record, the secret of which the family keeps a secret.
Pumpkin – 1200 kg
The largest pumpkin in the world was grown in Belgium in 2016. In order to bring it to the festival, the farmer had to use a forklift. Mathis Willemijns grew the largest vegetable in the world, the size of a mountain boulder. Its weight was almost 1,200 kilograms. The pumpkin was immediately recognized as a record holder and entered into the Guinness Book of Records. So far, no one has managed to grow anything bigger. The last maximum weight of a pumpkin was 1.08 tons in 2014.
Potatoes – 4.9 kg
Unfortunately, potatoes cannot grow as big as pumpkins, as they have their own characteristics. However, an English gardener presented the largest potato in the world at an exhibition. In 2011, another figure was entered into the book of records - 4 kilograms 900 grams. Peter Glazebrook was pleasantly surprised by this news, but refused to tell the secret of his success.
Turnip – 16 kg
The record for growing the largest turnip in the world belongs to a Chinese farmer. The vegetable grew in the province of Yunnan in the south of the People's Republic of China in 2015. The turnip was 120 centimeters long and weighed 16 kilograms, and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The gardener himself says that he did not use any special fertilizers, but simply watered it thoroughly every day.
Zucchini – 54 kg
Peter Glazebrook holds more than one record in the field of vegetable growing. The English farmer managed to create the world's largest zucchini according to the Guinness Book of Records. Its weight was 54 kilograms, and its height was 67 centimeters. In order to bring the giant to the festival, Peter asked his friend, the famous athlete Jonathan Walker, to help him with this. To date, no one has broken the Englishman's record.
Carrots – 10.2 kg
The largest carrot was registered in the Guinness Book of Records in 2017. An American gardener managed to grow a huge vegetable 50 centimeters long in the United States. Christopher claims that no chemical additives were used to achieve this result. The carrot weighed 10 kilograms 180 grams. The farmer's family, thanks to their grandmother, finally managed to try their creation. According to Christopher, the carrot tasted no different from the usual one.
Onions – 9 kg
The largest onion in the world was grown by the same Englishman Peter Glazebrook in 2015. Its dimensions are more than 2 times larger than the size of his head. The weight of the onion is 9 kilograms, but in the photo Peter holds the vegetable as if it were a feather. It took only 2 and a half months to grow this miracle of nature. This is the third record of the English farmer, entered into the Guinness Book of Records.
Watermelon – 150 kg
The largest watermelon in the world was grown by an American farmer in Tennessee. The fruit weighed just over 150 kilograms. The Guinness Book of Records was updated with a new result in 2013. This watermelon can feed a whole family. Chris says that there is no secret to his achievement, he simply took care of the plant and watered it regularly. However, the climate of Tennessee in the United States has favorable conditions for growing the largest berries on the planet.
Pineapple – 8.27 kg
The largest pineapple was grown by an Australian woman in 2011, beating the previous record set in 1994. It took 17 years before the pineapple weighing 8 kilograms and 270 grams was born, only 210 grams more than the previous one. According to the results of the survey, no artificial growth stimulants were used in growing the largest fruit in the world. The hot climate of the remote continent allowed Christine to introduce the world to another miracle in the field of fruit growing.
Lemon – 5.3 kg
The record for growing the largest lemon has not been broken since 2002. That was when Israel saw a miracle of nature – a lemon that weighed 5 kilograms 300 grams. The fruit was born in the southern city of Kfar Zeitim by Jewish farmer Aharon Shemoel. The achievement was immediately entered into the Guinness Book of Records. Aharon himself said that he had never tasted such a delicious lemon in his life. It was as sweet as an orange, and despite its size, it was peeled without much difficulty.
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