Monday, September 20, 2010
Longest cucumber - world record set by
Clare Pearce
WHITTLESEY, UK -- Clare Pearce, a 78-year-old grandmother of 12, has grown a cucumber measuring 42 inches (1,19 m) in a straight line from top to bottom -
setting
the new world record for the Longest cucumber
. 
Photo: Mr and Mrs Pearce and the World's Largest Cucumber
grown at their Peterborough home. Photo David Rose
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photo
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Mrs Pearce planted the Cucumber Melonie seeds in the greenhouse in the back garden of her home in Whittlesey, near Peterborough, in May.
The 78-year-old grandmother of 12 said: “At times it was like it was growing before my eyes. I couldn’t quite believe it. I’ve never grown cucumbers before but I knew it was massive. "
The previous world record
for the Longest cucumber
was a a three-foot, ten-inch long cucumber ( 46.5 inches, about 118 cm ) grown by Israeli Yitzhak Yazdanpana
.
The previous Guinness World Record
for the longest cucumber
was set almost two years ago by Frank Dimmock of Thame in Oxfordshire. His effort reached 41.25in.
“I’ve no idea why they grew to be so big,” added Mrs Pearce, a retired administrator.
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“I just watered them. The only thing I can think that I did differently was that once, fairly early on, I was feeding the tomatoes with tomato feed and I had a bit too much, so I used up what was left on the cucumbers.”
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Monday, September 20, 2010
