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Nov 10 2005 8 Comments

Apple ardour

After years of, ahem, fruitless effort, 71-year-old Tetsuo Watanabe has finally achieved his ambition of growing an apple over a thousand grammes in weight. The happy horticulturist boasting, “I have finally achieved my goal.”

Watanabe-san’s Stark Jumbo apple — a variety unsurprisingly known for its size — measures a whopping 15 centimetres in diameter; weighing an equally impressive 1,030 grammes. Yet despite his understandable glee, the large fruit specialist may well have achieved his aim last year, had a similarly large apple he’d nurtured not been stolen.

However after finally tasting success, Mr. Watanbe appeared relaxed about the theft, even joking, “Next year, I want to grow an apple too big to steal”. The old man’s sense of humour equally apparent in this decidedly freaky looking photo.

big apple

Categorized: Food and Drink, General

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  1. englishman says

    11/10/2005 at 1:38 pm

    any extra large melons?

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  2. Lee says

    11/10/2005 at 1:43 pm

    Unfortunately not. Although rumour has it that Mr Watanabe has a pair of large plums.

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  3. Hanuman says

    11/11/2005 at 2:32 am

    I wonder how it tastes. Sometimes the bigger fruit isn’t as sweet.

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  4. Toni says

    11/11/2005 at 3:19 am

    I don’t think it’s ever meant to be eaten, just to be displayed, admired, photographed.

    This reminds me of that Wallace and Grommit movie I just saw, with the townsfolk growing super large vegetables.

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  5. melina says

    11/12/2005 at 4:24 pm

    that looks like it has elephantitis. not really “appetizing” looking. to me.

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  6. Silent Scream says

    11/14/2005 at 2:28 am

    A handful is enough. Any more is a waste! … ahem.

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  7. elaine says

    11/16/2005 at 8:29 pm

    I’m going to share it with my family members. I wonder how much it is! I’m longing for some more EXTRA LATRGE size cherries, strawberries or tomatoes some days later.

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  8. weetanya says

    11/17/2005 at 3:06 am

    How ’bout THEM apples.

    look, sorry, had to

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