Israeli farmer Chahi Ariel holds a strawberry weighing 289 grams in Kadima-Zoran, Israel, on Feb. 17, 2022. (Ariel Schalit / AP)
JERUSALEM --
Israeli farmer Chahi Ariel has grown the world's heaviest strawberry, in keeping with Guinness World Information.
At 289 grams, the strawberry was about 5 occasions the common weight of a daily berry of the native Ilan selection, stated Nir Dai, a researcher at Israel's Volcani Institute the place the pressure was developed.
The strawberry was 18 cm lengthy and 34 cm in circumference, the web Guinness entry stated.
Ariel had been hoping he was onto a winner after they noticed how large the fruit had been rising on his household farm final 12 months. He has been ready for affirmation it was a file whereas conserving the large strawberry within the freezer as proof.
"After we heard, it was a tremendous feeling. I jumped within the automotive, laughed and sang," stated Ariel, proudly displaying his certificates on a laptop computer. "We’ve been ready for this for a very long time."
Unusually chilly climate in early 2021 slowed the strawberry's ripening course of, permitting it to proceed gaining weight, in keeping with the file e book's web site.
The earlier file was held by a Japanese farmer who found a 250-gram strawberry in his harvest in 2015.
(Reporting by Ramy Amichay; Writing by Henriette Chacar; Modifying by Alison Williams)
A strawberry weighing a whopping 289 grams (over half a pound) is on show in Kadima-Zoran, Israel, on Feb. 17, 2022. (Ariel Schalit / AP)
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