Huge pumpkins, cucumbers and parsnips were on display ahead of a giant vegetables competition in Worcestershire, with one horticulturist calling the growing of them a “strange sport”.
The CANNA UK National Giant Vegetables Championship is often a source of new Guinness World Records for spectacularly large examples as growers display their giant produce.
The world’s heaviest pumpkins, longest runner beans and biggest chilli peppers are just some of the 31 adult classes that can be entered by giant vegetable enthusiasts at the Malvern Autumn Show, running from September 27-29. READ MORE More details emerge over Piccadilly station Wi-Fi 'cyber attack' after site 'hacked with terror message' This year’s competition includes a class for the heaviest cantaloupe melon, with £1,000 prize money for the winner.
Horticulturist Ian Paton, 63, told the PA news agency he started growing giant pumpkins with his brother Stuart about 50 years ago and he “shares the highs, shares the lows” of giant vegetable growing with him.
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