{"id":20276,"date":"2022-02-20T18:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T23:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=20276"},"modified":"2022-02-20T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T23:26:27","slug":"israeli-strawberry-clocks-in-as-worlds-heaviest-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/02\/20\/israeli-strawberry-clocks-in-as-worlds-heaviest-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strawberry clocks in as world\u2019s heaviest on record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a year-long jam, a mammoth Israeli strawberry is entering the record books.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing a whopping 289 grams (10.19 ounces, more than half a pound), the titanic berry this week was declared the World\u2019s largest by Guinness World Records.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20277 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-31-11.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-31-11.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-31-11.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1000-31-11.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The strawberry was picked on Chahi Ariel\u2019s family farm near the city of Netanya in central Israel in February 2021. But only this week, Guinness confirmed it as the heaviest on record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe waited for a year for the results,\u201d Ariel said. \u201cWe kept it in the freezer for a year. It\u2019s no longer as pretty as it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The supersized strawberry is a local variety called Ilan that tends to grow to a hefty size. Ariel said the record-setting specimen has shrunk to about half the size it was a year before.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record-holder for the heaviest strawberry was was a Japanese fruit grown in 2015 in Fukuoka that tipped the scales at 250 grams (8.8 ounces).<\/p>\n<p>The wait turned out to be fruitful. Ariel said he jumped up and down in his car, laughing and singing when he got the news. \u201cWe are very happy to be in the Guinness World Records,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a year-long jam, a mammoth Israeli strawberry is entering the record books. 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