Harvested in November and stored in a freezer ever since, the enormous fruit measured over 4 cm in width and weighed 20.4g, which is around ten times the typical blueberry.
Before, a 16.2g berry cultivated in Western Australia had the title.
The sample is from a brand-new variety that the Costa Group created in response to consumer requests for bigger berries.
Brad Hocking claims that while the Eterna breed regularly produces enormous fruit, the growing conditions of late have prevented their farm in Corindi, northern New South Wales, from producing an abundance of fruit.
His team was surprised and “stoked” when they discovered some promising berries on the plants.
The world’s largest blueberry is grown on an Australian farm.
The largest blueberry ever recorded was grown on an Australian farm, and it was bigger than a ping-pong ball.
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