Sat 18 February 2022:
A giant Israeli strawberry has broken the world record for being the world’s largest and heaviest berry, according to Guinness World Records.
The titanic berry is a locally grown Ilan variety that produces large fruits.
However, the strawberry grown by the Ariel family, weighing 289 grams, surpassed the previous record of 250 grams set on January 28, 2015 in Fukuoka, Japan.
The Israeli strawberry is 18 centimetres (seven inches) long, four centimetres thick, and 34 centimetres in circumference, according to the Guinness entry.
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Chahi Ariel discovered the giant berry on his farm in the central Kadima-Zoran district last year.
Ariel said that he has been waiting for confirmation this whole time that he indeed is the record-breaker while keeping the giant strawberry in the freezer as proof.
The confirmation from the Guinness came only this week.
“When we heard, it was an amazing feeling. I jumped in the car, laughed and sang,” said Ariel, proudly displaying his certificate on a laptop. “We’ve been waiting for this for a long time.”
Ariel stated that he has not yet tasted the enormous fruit and that he does not know what will be done with it.
Dr. Nir Dai, a researcher from Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), developed the Ilan strawberry variety in Bet-Dagan, near Tel-Aviv.
According to the website of the record book, unusually cold weather in early 2021 slowed the strawberry’s ripening process, allowing it to continue growing.
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