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A 20.4 grams giant blueberry has blossomed under the sun of the new South Wales, Australia, earning the heaviest berry title ever recorded on the planet. The Guinness Book of Records did not hesitate to crown it as the new blueberry king, exceeding the previous record of 4.2 grams. This sample was born from the "eternal" variety, known for its fruit of surprising size and for a particularly resistant consistency.

With a diameter that touches the four centimeters, as reported by Guinness on its website, this blueberry has not only an imposing size, but also dresses an elegant dark blue and shows off the proportions of a golf ball, weighing even ten times More than a middle blueberry.

Collected on November 13, his triumph was made official by the Guinness World Records only this week, confirming his supremacy in the kingdom of blueberries. "The surprise was great when we laid this wonder on the scale," said Brad Hocking, the proud farmer and head of blueberries at Costa, a famous farm in Corindi specialized in fruit and vegetables.

New Record: Heaviest Blueberry-20.40 g (0.71 Oz) Grown by Brad Hocking, Jessica Scalzo and Marie-France Courtois in New South Wales, Australia 🫐 pic.twitter.com/uoez7f1zb0

- Guinness World Records (@gwr) March 15, 2024

But the fate of this extraordinary blueberry takes an unexpected turn. Instead of ending up in a succulent dessert or in a fresh fruit salad, it has been frozen, with future planes that include immortalization in a special resin and its subsequent positioning as a trophy on a wall. According to Hocking, the "eternal" variety, the result of the coast varietal improvement program (VIP) that launches one or two new blueberry varieties every year, has shown to be able to give about 20 blueberries comparable to the sample at the time of its collection . A proof that in nature, sometimes, the dimensions really count, especially when it comes to establishing new world records.