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World's biggest blueberry the same size as a golf ball leaves farmers 'stoked' (www.mirror.co.uk)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Farmers in Australia were left "stoked" when they noticed that among the blueberries they picked, there was one as big as a golf ball and weighing significantly more than average.

The giant blueberry, which is 39.31mm wide and weighs 20.4 grams - much more than the average of between 1 gram and 3.5 grams - was picked at a farm in Corindi, New South Wales, in November last year. On Tuesday, Guinness World Records publicly declared it the biggest blueberry in the world - a title previously held by a 16.2 grams berry with a diameter of 36.33mm grown in Western Australia.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm all my years of working with produce, I can say with certainty that the bigger the blueberry, the shittier, grittier, and more mashed potato-like the inside.. But I'll be damned if stoked isn't the exact feeling I get every time I come across a monster.

[–] ronmaide 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Generally speaking, I’m with you, but there is some new variety that’s come out recently that are both giant, and delicious. They’re more expensive than the small ones so I was doubly skeptical but I was blown away by the flavor.

[–] DeadOfMind 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I require knowledge of this blueberry. Can the plant be bought? Can i grow my own giant blueberries?!

[–] ronmaide 1 points 7 months ago

This isn’t the original brand that I had, but these are close and more or less comparable, which was incredibly shocking for me given I got them at a Walmart https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/blueberries-xl/6000204263062

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

In my experience as a blueberry eater, the bigger the berry, the weaker the juice. Blueberries already barely have any flavor without turning it into a jam or sauce or pie filling, and the bigger they are the less they taste like anything. One the size of a golf ball must taste like pure air, but with terrible texture.