Wednesday, November 30, 2011

  Heaviest pineapple: 8.2 kilo pineapple sets world record

BAKEWELL, Northern Territory, Australia -- Christine McCallum, 60, of Bakewell, has grown a giant pineapple, measuring 32 centimetres long and weighing 8.28 kilograms - which sets the new world record for the Heaviest pineapple, according to World Record Academy (www.worldrecordacademy.com).

  Photo: The World's Largest Pineapple weighed in at 8.28kg, and measured 32cm long with a girth of 66cm.
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  The Guinness world record for the heaviest pineapple was set by a pineapple weighing 8.06 kg (17 lb 12 oz), grown by E. Kamuk of Ais Village, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the heaviest mango ; it weighed 3.435 kg (7.57 lb) and was presented by Sergio and Maria Socorro Bodiongan (Philippines) at the Sundayag Celebration's Pinaka Contest in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines .

  Christine McCallum planted the monster fruit two and a half years ago, using nothing but water to feed it.

  It was picked few days ago, weighing 8.2 kilograms and measuring 32 centimetres long; it has a girth of 66cms.

  "It makes the normal-sized one look like a little baby," gardener Christine McCallum said.

  The grandmother from Palmerston, who has grown pineapples for years to keep dogs and her grandchildren off the garden, said the massive fruit didn't produce any offshoots, known as pups, so she wouldn't be able to breed it.

  But she has been keeping a watch on the fruit that spawned it, which is still in the ground.

 "I am just going to leave it there and see if I get another one off it next year," she said.

   It appears the fate of the celebrity pineapple rests during the climax of the 2011 festive season when it becomes part of the Christmas Day feast.

 "I think we'll put it in the centre of the table and put a Christmas hat on it with some eyes and a moustache," Palmerston's green-thumb gardener said.

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Heaviest squash: Joel Jarvis (Video)

Heaviest onion: Peter Glazebrook (HD Video)

Heaviest swede: Ian Neale

Largest Fungus: Tropical Chinese fungus

First all-black petunia: Black Velvet

Largest maple leaf: Eve Steel

Largest puffball: Finley O'Neill

Largest Pumpkin: Chris Stevens

Longest cucumber: Clare Pearce

Smallest Waterlily: Nymphaea thermarum

Most diverse repository of crop seeds: Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Biggest Mango: Sergio and Maria Socorro Bodiongan

Oldest Living Palmer's Oak: Jurupa Oak

Tallest Zinnia: Everett Wallace Jr.  and Melody Wagner

Tallest living Christmas tree: Coeur d'Alene

Smallest orchid: Lou Jost

Largest maple leaf: Hailey Nickolson

Most tomatoes grown on a single truss: Graham Tranter

Tallest rose bush: Robert Bendel

Largest pumpkin: Christy Harp

Heaviest gooseberry: Bryan Nellist

Tallest Cactus: SDM College of Dental Sciences

Largest rutabaga: Scott Robb

Largest cabbage: Steve Hubacek 

Longest Cucumber: Yitzhak Yazdanpana

Largest organic cucumber: Segee family

Largest potato: Khalil Semhat

Largest rutabaga: Norm Craven

Most cobs on a maize plant: Mark Wozencroft

Longest cucumber - Alf Cobb

Largest marrow: Ken Dade

Longest Spaghetti Bean: Toni Velardo

Longest water spinach: Li Hui

Largest horizontal wall of flowers: Thompson and Morgan

Wednesday, November 30, 2011