Giant strawberry earns Israeli farmer a Guinness World Record
JERUSALEM - Israeli farmer Chahi Ariel has grown the world's heaviest strawberry, according to Guinness World Records. At 289 grams, the strawberry was about five times the average weight of a regular berry of the local Ilan variety, said Nir Dai, a researcher at Israel's Volcani Institute where the strain was developed. The strawberry was 18 cm long and 34...