The Guardian reported on March 15 that the Guinness World Records Organization on March 12 recognized the giant blueberry, which is nearly the size of a golf ball and weighs 20.4 grams, as the largest of its kind. The weight is six times higher than the average weight of this fruit.
Brad Hocking, head of the blueberry team at Costa, a fruit and vegetable supplier in New South Wales, Australia, said he was delighted when the record was officially confirmed after 12 weeks of waiting.
“This giant blueberry is an Etna variety, which has a really great flavor and is large in size. This is not unusual as there were about 20 other blueberries in the orchard that were similar in size when we picked them,” said Brad Hocking.
“Despite its large size, this has absolutely no effect on the quality or taste of the fruit,” he added.
Today, the demand for larger fruit is increasing, so Costa has focused on improving agronomic traits such as heat tolerance, pest resistance and increasing fruit size. Costa says it develops an average of one or two new blueberry varieties each year.
Costa Berries international orchard manager George Jessett said the company would begin increasing production volumes with the aim of reaching Australian consumers within the next two years.
The previous record was set at 16.2 grams of blueberries grown by farmers in Western Australia.
Other notable fruits that have appeared in the Guinness World Records include a 289-gram strawberry grown by Israeli farmer Chahi Ariel, which took the world's heaviest strawberry record in February 2022. In August 2019, a giant grapefruit broke two records, becoming the world's heaviest and largest grapefruit by circumference.
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