A Strawberry as big as your hand! Israeli grower scoops world record
The supersized fruit, clocking in at 289 grams (0.6 lb), emerged from multiple berries fusing together, and was grown by the Ariel family in Kadima-Zoran, Israel
A gargantuan Israeli strawberry has smashed the record for the world’s heaviest, Guinness World Records confirmed this week.
The supersized fruit, clocking in at 289 grams (0.6 lb), emerged from multiple berries fusing together because of an unusually cold winter in February 2021.
It was grown by the Ariel family business “Strawberries in the Field” located in Kadima-Zoran, Israel.
The strawberry was 100 g less than the his iPhone XR at 194 grams.
According to GWR, the Ilan variety of strawberry was originally bred by Dr. Nir Dai, a researcher from the Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), at the ARO Volcani Center in Bet-Dagan, near Tel-Aviv.
“During this strawberry season in late January and early February it was particularly cold,” explained Dr. Nir Dai, who was one of the witnesses during the strawberry’s weigh-in.
“The strawberry developed slowly for more than 45 days from flowering which caused it’s large size at full ripening stage.”
@guinnessworldrecords Heaviest #strawberry ???? 289 g (10.19 oz), grown by Ariel Chahi ???????? #fruit
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