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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

NORTH Shore resident Demetre (Jimmy) Mentacos takes pride in the huge toma-
toes he grows in his garden.

Strawberry sizes up apple

From page 16

that would weigh about 340
g (12 0z.). Imagine how an
Australian grapefruit at 3 kg
(6 Ib. 12 02.) ora
Californian lemon at 3.8 kg
(8b. 8 92.) would look like
a soccer ball. -

“Chile holds the record
for the largest bunch of

a Brapes produced at 9 kg (20

: 1b) and Papua New Guinea
-the biggest pineapple at §
kg (18 Ib.) The biggest
strawberry came from
. Folkstone; England and -:
<< weighed in at just over 227

kg (8 02.) That is about the
size of a very large apple. I
suppose at that size they sell
them one to a basket.
Oklahoma holds two
records for tomatoes. The -

_ longest tomato vine at 16 m

(53 ft.) and the largest
tomato with a weight of 3.5
kg (7 Ib. 12 02.)
Sunflowers have come
back into vogue during the
iast few years and contests
have been held for both the
height of the plant and the
size of the flower. The cur-

_ftent world record for plant

height is 7.8 m (25 ft. 5 in.)

if you are thinking of com-
peting.

Remember that most
record holders grow special
varieties of seed and often
hybridize their own seed to
get better results.

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The second program of
the Cedar Lecture Series will
be held at the VanDusen
Floral Hall on Tuesday, Nov.
4 at 8 p.m. Dick and Sid
Cannings will speak on
“British Columbia —~ A
Natural History.”

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information and tickets.

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