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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Largest rutabaga-world record set by Scott
Robb
PALMER, Alaska, USA--During the Alaska
State Fair a rutabaga brought in by Scott Robb
of Palmer tipped the scales at 82.9-pound-setting the
new world record for the Largest
rutabaga.
Photo: Scott Robb of Palmer set a new
world record with his 82.9-pound rutabaga . Photo courtesy
Dean Phipps / Alaska State Fair
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photo)
The
previous world
record for the largest rutabaga was set by a 77.8-pound
rutabega grown last summer by Norm
Craven.
According to the Fair Web site, a total
of nine world records have been set at the Fair since 1993.
Prior to last night, the most recent record was the 105.9-pound
kale from Scott Robb in 2007.
“That’s a huge statement about our Fair
and the area we come from. Our crops are world-renowned,”
said Kathy Liska, superintendent for giant vegetables at the
Fair.
“It was a great day yesterday.
The giants display is wonderful and there is lots of excitement,”
Liska said.
Other noteworthy giants entered t included a 594-pound
pumpkin from Dale Marshall of Anchorage; a 125.9 pound
cabbage
from Steve Hubacek of Wasilla; a 146.5-pound watermelon
from Scott Robb; and a 17.855-pound giant puffball
mushroom from Pia Cottini of Palmer.
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Cucumber-world record set by Yitzhak Yazdanpana
Largest
organic cucumber-world record set by the Segee family
Largest
potato-world record set by Khalil Semhat
Largest
rutabaga-world record set by Norm Craven
Most
cobs on a maize plant-world record set by Mark Wozencroft
Largest
marrow -world record set by Ken Dade
Longest
Spaghetti Bean-world record set by Toni Velardo
Longest
water spinach-world record set by Li Hui
Largest
horizontal wall of flowers-world record set by Thompson and
Morgan
Tallest
Amaranth plant-world record set by Jesse Eldrid
Oldest
living tree-world record set by a Swedish spruc
Longest
dandelion world record found by Bjorn Magne
Saturday,
September 5, 2009
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