A couple in New Zealand may have grown the world's largest potato. The spud, named 'Doug,' has weighed in at a whopping 7.9 kilograms (17.4 pounds).
region, found the tuber growing in their garden when they were getting ready for the spring planting season.
The spud, named"Doug" by the couple, may be the largest in the world, weighing in at a whopping 7.9 kilograms . Theis held by British vegetable grower Peter Glazebrook, who registered a potato weighing 4.98 kilograms in 2011. However, Doug's existence itself was initially a bit of a shock, as the couple didn't set out to grow a giant potato at all -- and his appearance is also rather peculiar, with Craig-Brown describing him as a"nasty-looking thing."
"Once we'd dug him up and everybody had a look and a poke and a fiddle and a squeeze and all that sort of thing, we showed him around and put him on Facebook, it just went a little bit silly," Craig-Brown said."They call it viral."
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