A farmer Australia has just entered the record books growing the world's biggest ever blueberry. The giant berry weighed in a mammoth 20.4 grams. This obliterated the previous record, which was 16.2 grams. The record-breaker had a width the size that of a table tennis ball, a diameter 39.31 millimetres, and a 12.35-centimetre circumference. The record-breaking berry was almost 10 times heavier than a regular blueberry. The fruit was grown staff the Costa Group New South Wales, Australia. Senior horticulturalist Brad Hocking said he was overjoyed to have the record officially verified Guinness World Records. He said: "It's a combination good breeding and good growing."
Mr Hocking said his blueberry was the Eterna variety, known its crisp texture and long shelf life. He told reporters: "Eterna, as a variety, has a really great flavour and a consistently large fruit. When we picked this one, there were probably around 20 other berries a similar size." He added: "While the fruit is large, there's absolutely no compromise quality or flavour, as would be expected when developing a premium variety." At first, he was unsure whether he had broken the record. He said: "We had to recalibrate the scales to make sure we weren't getting mixed ." When asked what he would do his prize berry, he suggested a smoothie might be the most fitting end it.
