Iowa: A vegetable enthusiast in America has set a new world record by growing an 8.33 pound eggplant.
Dave Bennett of Daviess County, Iowa, had his eggplant tested by Inspector Evan Hankins of the Iowa Weights and Measures Bureau of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Hankins confirmed that the 8.33-pound eggplant is the world’s largest ever grown.
“I’ve been growing eggplant for maybe five years,” Dave Bennett told the media. Two years ago I grew a 5.6 pound eggplant which was a state record.
He said that Guinness World Records contacted him to inform him that his application for the record had been accepted. The previous record of 7.21 pounds was set in England in 2022.
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