The smallest and largest fruit in the world August 22nd, 2016
An amazing flowering plant called Wolfia globulus produces such small fruits (width from 0.4 to 0.8 mm) that More than 1,000 of these fruits can fit on one human finger.
One such fruit weighs about70 micrograms. It is also worth noting that Wolfia globulus also stands out for having the smallest flowers in the world among all flowering plants. Its natural habitat is tropical and subtropical Asia, however, the plant was also introduced into Northern and South America . Wolfia globulus grows near the shores of lakes, rivers, ponds, as well as ditches, where it spreads very quickly throughout the reservoir. It will also be interesting to note that this plant does not require roots for the stems or leaves to survive.
This smallest plant in the world blooms, and later emerges from the flower a tiny fruit called a "utricle" or "sac".
This plant blooms between June and September.
Wolffia globulus fruit is cultivated in Southeast Asia as it is rich in protein. This the fruit is considered an abundant source of food becauseWolffia reproduces very quickly. Wolffia tastes like watercress.
This microplant is also considered a great source of energy. If used as a biofuel, it would be carbon neutral since it removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
In addition, this plant can be used to filter water, balancing phosphorus and nitrogen levels.
Another benefit of wolfia is its ability reduce cadmium and arsenic levels in the environment.
Scientists are looking at wolfberry as a possible source of food and energy for long-term space travel.
The world's largest fruit
Among all the edible fruits, the largest are the jackfruits, which grow on trees. Their length can reach 110 cm, diameter - 20 cm, and weight - 34 kg.
Experts consider India (in particular the Eastern Ghats mountain range) and Bangladesh to be the birthplace of jackfruit. the fruit is considered national.
Today, jackfruit grows abundantly in Southeast Asia and the Philippines. This tree can also be found in eastern Africa, namely in Kenya and Uganda.
It is worth noting that this fruit is consumed both ripe and unripe. The latter is used as a vegetable - it is boiled, fried, and also stewed, but the ripe fruit is used fresh, especially when preparing salads and desserts.
Healthy jackfruit
Ripe jackfruit has a very strong aroma. The inside smells like a mixture of pineapple and banana, and it tastes like... apple, pineapple, mango and banana mixture.
Jackfruit is incredibly nutritious. It contains about 40% carbohydrates, and the seeds can contain 38% carbohydrates, 6.6% protein and 0.4% fat. As a rule, the seeds of this fruit are roasted like chestnuts.
Since jackfruit wood is not spoiled by termites and fungi, it is often used in construction, furniture production, and musical instruments.
List of beneficial substances contained in jackfruit:
Vitamins:
A, beta-carotene, Thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), vitamin B6, folic acid (vitamin B9), vitamin C, vitamin E.
Minerals:
Calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, zinc.
All people are accustomed to certain sizes of fruits and vegetables. Apples should not be more ball for tennis, like tomatoes. An onion is usually no smaller than a ball of thread. The list goes on and on.
However, there are craftsmen who have managed to grow fruits of unimaginable sizes on their plots. Introducing the world's 10 largest fruits and vegetables, included in famous book Guinness records.
The world's largest cabbage was grown by an American family in Alaska. This place is not known for its suitable weather for growing vegetables, but the Evanses succeeded. In 1997, the world's largest white cabbage was grown, which immediately entered the Guinness Book of Records. Her weight was just over 34 kilograms. For comparison, this is the average weight of a child aged 8 years. So far, no one has managed to break the Evans' record, the secret of which the family keeps secret.
Pumpkin – 1200 kg
The largest pumpkin in the world was grown in Belgium in 2016. In order to bring it to the festival, the farmer had to use the services of a forklift. Mathis Willemiens grew the world's largest vegetable, the size of a mountain boulder. Its mass was almost 1200 kilograms. The pumpkin was immediately recognized as a record holder and entered into the Guinness Book of Records. So far no one has managed to grow anything larger. The last maximum weight of a pumpkin was 1.08 tons in 2014.
Potatoes – 4.9 kg
Unfortunately, potatoes cannot grow as big as pumpkins, as they have their own characteristics. However, an English gardener presented the largest potato in the world at the exhibition. In 2011, another figure was entered into the book of records - 4 kilograms 900 grams. Peter Glazebrook was pleasantly surprised by this news, but refused to tell the secret of his success.
Turnip – 16 kg
The record for growing the largest turnip in the world belongs to a Chinese farmer. The vegetable grew in a province in southern China People's Republic Yun Nan in 2015. The turnip turned out to be 120 centimeters long and weighing 16 kilograms, and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The gardener himself says that he did not use any special fertilizers, but simply watered it well every day.
Zucchini – 54 kg
Peter Glazebrook holds more than one record in the field of growing vegetables. An English farmer managed to create the world's largest zucchini according to the Guinness Book of Records. His weight was 54 kilograms and his height was 67 centimeters. In order to bring the giant to the festival, Peter asked his friend famous athlete Jonathan Walker to help him with this. To date, there is no person who has broken the Englishman's record.
Carrots – 10.2 kg
The largest carrot was registered in the Guinness Book of Records in 2017. An American gardener managed to grow a huge vegetable 50 centimeters long in the USA. Christopher claims that no chemical additives were used to achieve this result. The weight of the carrot was 10 kilograms 180 grams. The farmer's family, thanks to their grandmother, finally managed to try their creation. According to Christopher, the taste of carrots was no different from ordinary ones.
Onions – 9 kg
The largest onion in the world was grown by the same Englishman Peter Glazebreck in 2015. Its dimensions are more than 2 times the size of its head. The mass of the onion is 9 kilograms, but in the photo Peter is holding the vegetable like a feather. It was possible to grow a miracle of nature in just 2 and a half months. This is the third record of an English farmer included in the Guinness Book.
Watermelon – 150 kg
The largest watermelon in the world was grown by an American farmer in Tennessee. The weight of the fruit was just over 150 kilograms. The Guinness Book of Records added a new result in 2013. This watermelon can feed a whole family. Chris says there is no secret to his achievement, he just took care of the plant and watered it regularly. However, the climate of Tennessee in the USA has favorable conditions for growing the largest berries on the planet.
Pineapple – 8.27 kg
An Australian woman managed to grow the largest pineapple in 2011, breaking the previous record from 1994. A full 17 years passed before the pineapple was born, weighing 8 kilograms and 270 grams, only 210 grams more than the previous one. According to the results of the survey, no artificial growth stimulants were used when growing the largest fruit in the world. The hot climate of the remote continent allowed Christine to present to the world another miracle in the field of fruit growing.
Lemon – 5.3 kg
The record for growing the largest lemon has not yet been broken since 2002. It was then that in Israel we were able to see a miracle of nature - a lemon, which weighed 5 kilograms 300 grams. The fruit was born in the southern city of Kfar Zeitim to the Jewish farmer Aharon Shemoel. The achievement was immediately entered into the Guinness Book of Records. Aharon himself said that he had never tasted so much delicious lemon in his life. It was as sweet as an orange and, despite its size, peeled without much difficulty.
Yes, these “babies” can feed an entire family in a hungry year. Huge pumpkins, zucchini, mushrooms and cucumbers continue to amaze even the most experienced gardeners.
1. Director of the autumn flower exhibition Martin Fish with a huge cabbage at the 100th anniversary of the exhibition. ((John Giles/PA)
2. Joe Midway with a 392-pound pumpkin grown by Ken Ryan, winner of the largest pumpkin competition. (Cameron Richardson/Newspix/Rex/Rex Features)
3. Legend in the world of growing huge vegetables Bernard Lavery with his harvest in 1995. (Chip Hires/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)
4. "Cucumber" 106 cm long, grown by Claire Pearce in Whittleset. (Albanpix Ltd/Rex Features)
5. Nissan Tamir from Omer, Israel, demonstrates the radishes he grew, each of which weighs 10 kg. (Azulai/Israel Sun/Rex Features)
6. Antonio Martone with a tomato weighing 450 grams and a diameter of 38 cm. This giant grew from a seed that Antonio was sent by his family from Naples. (Solent News/Rex Features)
7. Michael Kingston with a 5.7kg leek grown by Joe Atherton for the Monster Vegetable competition at Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1999. (Tim Ockenden/PA)
8. Although this is not a vegetable, it is still impressive: huge mushrooms grown in China. (Quirky China News/Rex Features)
9. Again, not a vegetable, but a 1.5 kg white truffle - a real treasure. It went under the hammer for £160. (MN Chan/Getty Images AsiaPac)
10. Bob Ainstone with 2.27 kg carrots from his garden in 1973. (J.R.V. Johnson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
11. Gardener Phillip Vowels with his son Andrew and a 51kg squash in Llangarry, South Wales. (Rex Features)
12. Professional gardener Peter Glazebrook from Great Britain with an onion that broke the previous world record by 1 kg 100 grams. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
13. The weight of this “onion” is 8.15 kilograms.
14. Peter Glazebrook received 1,500 euros for his bow. It is worth noting that he has already set world records for the largest potatoes, beets and parsnips.
15. Farmer Derek Neumann carries a giant cabbage at the flower and vegetable exhibition, which takes place annually in the UK, in the town of Harrowgate.
16. This year, the flower and vegetable exhibition in the city of Harrowgate, which is located in the north of Great Britain, celebrated its centenary. This is the first time vegetables of this size have been seen there.
17. Pete Glazebrook with a giant zucchini.
18. A giant zucchini on a farmer’s shoulder.
19. Farmer Grower Joe Atherton holds a giant cucumber above his head.
20. Proud exhibitors at the Harrowgate Farmers' Festival.
Autumn is generous with fruits, and the Earth is generous with world records. Every year, the best agronomists on the planet boast about the largest and most ambitious results of their work. Giant zucchini, long cucumbers and heavy pumpkins - any owner would be proud of such beauties. Therefore, every year gardeners from all over the world present wonderful creations of their own hands to the public for consideration.
A huge head of cabbage is in the hands of the director of the autumn flower exhibition Martin Fish in the town of Harrogate, UK.
Farmer Derek Neumann takes his vegetable queen to the exhibition.
The weight of this pumpkin is 392 kg. It was raised by Ken Ryan, winner of the largest pumpkin competition.
Bernard Lever - a legend in the world of growing giant vegetables - with his 1995 harvest.
1m and 6cm is the length of a cucumber grown by Claire Pearce in Whittleset.
Nissan Tamir from Omer (Israel) boasts of 10-kilogram radishes grown in his own garden.
A tomato weighing 450 g, with a diameter of 38 cm, grew from Antonio Martone from seeds that his family sent him from Naples.
Michael Kingston with a 5.7kg leek grown by Joe Atherton for the Monster Vegetable competition at Shepton Mallet, Somerset, 1999.
These huge mushrooms grew in China.
This carrot weighs 2.27 kg. She was raised by Bob Ainstone in 1973.
This is a handsome zucchini who grew up in Llangarry, South Wales. In the photo, gardener Phillip Vowels with his son Andrew and a 51-pound miracle from his garden.
8.5 kg of tears from professional gardener from Great Britain Peter Glazebrook. His bulb surpassed the previous record by 1 kg 100 g. He received 1,500 euros for his vegetable “treasure”. However, this is not Peter's first achievement. Before this, the potatoes, beets and parsnips he grew also broke world records.
A group photo of the participants of the farming festival in the town of Herrogate as a souvenir.
Just one, cursory or careless, glance at such the onion will make the beholder shed tears. The mere thought of a lemon the size of a watermelon can make you salivate the size of a watermelon. As for watermelons, imagining a 350-pound “berry” grown in America, it is easy to remember the deeds of bipeds, who, for example, had the gift to feed several thousand malnourished units of the human race with two fish or several loaves.
If only the little people were the little ones from Nikolai Nosov’s trilogy about Dunno and his friends, gigantic vegetables and fruits would not surprise anyone.
But sapiens are not able to change in size enough to build and furnish houses in pumpkins, and snack on a barrel of vodka with one cucumber. But, having delved into the laws and whims of nature and exerted titanic efforts in half with love for things that are tasty and nutritious, people learned to grow giant fruits and vegetables in completely unimaginative, earthly gardens yes vegetable gardens.
Signor Tomato: not in science fiction, but also without GMOs
The largest-fruited tomato variety, Gigantomo, was bred specifically for competitive battles of heavyweights. It took 20 years to create the variety. Fifteen of them were handled by the elderly American Paul Thomas, and his research was completed by a resident of England, one of the leading breeders of the kingdom, Simon Crawford. A tomato bush of supernatural dimensions reached a height of two meters.
As soon as the Gigantomo seeds appeared in retail, the first batch was sold out short term- 36 hours. All and sundry began to cherish and nurture the champions. On annual competition For the title of heaviest tomato, the winner is paid £1,000, as well as a bonus of £5,000 if the first tomato of the championship also breaks the world record. A special group of “green criminologists” from Holland is working to ensure that the leading tomatoes are representatives of the Gigantomo variety, and not some other mutants. Controllers conduct a rapid analysis of the DNA of candidates for the prize, so GMOs and other rabble have no chance of winning the competition.
In 2015, Joe Etherton won the English tomato growing competition in the “Gigantomo” category with a tomato monster weighing 1.7 kilograms.
The official world record is considered to be the existence of a tomato weighing 3.8 kg. American Dan McCoy from Minnesota got into the Guinness Book of Records with this massive vegetable. This happened in August 2014. Mr. McCoy did not encounter any particular difficulties in raising the giant nicknamed “Big Zach.” Except that I had to carefully tie up the tomato with my wife’s old tights.
Zucchini for Robin Bobbin and other monsters of Albion
A gentleman named Peter Glazebrook, living in the north of England in Newark, devoted his life to growing huge ones. Most recently, in September 2015, a 70-year-old Englishman won the championship in the “Heaviest Zucchini” competition. The vegetable grown by Glazebrook weighs 52.2 kg and has the potential to satisfy the appetite of any glutton, with the needs of Gargantua, Robin Bobbin or Bad Boy.
In general, Uncle Peter, who fertilizes plantings with calcium nitrate and copious doses of potash, holds five world records in the field of agricultural megalomania. These include the longest beetroot and parsley root at 19 feet, the largest British potato, a ripe heavyweight cucumber, a monster onion and a giant cauliflower, the head of which weighs 27.5 kilograms. The last vegetable was frozen by the record-breaking gardener (by agreement with his wife) - they will eat it in the winter, sawing off little by little. Although at first it was planned to feed the giant fruit to the country’s royal family.
Acid-vitamin bombs in the arsenals of Israel and Pakistan
The Guinness Book of World Records contains an entry dated January 8, 2003, which narrates the success of Aharon Shemoel, a passionate farmer from Israel. Mr. Shemoel grew lemons in the garden that were larger than a man's head.
The heaviest of these storehouses of acid, sugar and ascorbic acid weighed 5 kilograms 265 grams. Seven years later, Pakistani Nasir Hassan set out to break the Israeli record, surprising his fellow countrymen with a lemon the size of a watermelon, the mass of which was allegedly 5.5 kilos.
A farmer living and working on the outskirts of Sargodha took 10 years to reach his goal. To protect the giant fruit from attacks by neighbors, it had to be especially carefully guarded. To boast about the miracle lemon, Hassan displayed it to the delight of onlookers in an Islamabad fruit and vegetable store.
Onion sake look A
Experienced summer residents and fazendeiros claim that there is nothing unrealistic about growing a giant onion crop. That you just need to start with seedlings and every bulb that can gain weight up to several kilos should be surrounded with attention and care. Drive away flies, blow away dust particles, feed and water on time, properly dry the crop. And then, in less than a year, you will be able to proudly take pictures with your well-fed pet - almost like Madame Barbara Cook at the “Heaviest Onion” competition:
The king onions It is not without reason that Mr. Tony Glover considers himself to be from the English countryside. His name is mentioned in the Guinness Book because Tony managed to grow the heaviest onion on Earth - weighing 8.5 kg.
In an interview, the farmer admitted that during the long 11 months of growth, he generously fed the record onion with nitrogen fertilizers and carefully monitored soil moisture. He also organized plant lighting in the greenhouse on those days when the weather was black and white in English. 50-year-old Glover has been growing vegetables since his childhood and knows exactly how to kiss correctly if he smells of onions.
Record heat
If records are meant to be broken, watermelons are worth growing specifically to exceed someone's previous results.
The champion of the super-heavy bounty melons is the monster Carolina Cross, grown by Janet and Chris Kent in their field in Sevier County, Tennessee. The weight of the thoroughbred southerner was 159 kg and this was in 2013 - when the weather was hot for a long time, very favorable for the growth and ripening of watermelons.
For a package of 3-4 seeds of the world champion, Chris Kent honestly asked for $40, and his colleagues gladly forked out the money. As for the previous world record, it belonged to Italian Gabriel Bartoli, whose super watermelon in 2012 weighed 45 pounds (20 kg) lighter.
Carriage for Cinderella
This is Brian Marshall from Nottingham, posing with his record pumpkin, which was measured at 230 kilograms (or 507.06 pounds) at a recent UK Flower Show.
And below is the world champion and record holder of 2014, which weighs almost like a real carriage in which you can send Cinderella to the ball. We are talking about a mass of 950 kilos.
The superfruit ripened on the farm of Benny Meyer, a 30-year-old Swiss. To transport the pumpkin to the exhibition and get the prize, I had to hire a truck with a crane. Abundant watering and daily care contributed to the ripening of the melon monster.
