STRAWB blimey! Shopper Chris Taylor bought a punnet of the fruits — and found one as big as an apple.
He had not realised one of the strawberries in the pack was a whopping 2.5ins high and 6ins round.
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Chris Taylor bought a punnet of strawberries — and found one as big as an apple. 3
Chris had not realised one of the strawberries in the pack was a whopping 2.5ins high and 6ins round 3
Chris, who bought the punnet from Morrisons, said: 'It was incredible. And absolutely delicious'
The 49-year-old hospital doctor said: “It was incredible. And absolutely delicious.”
Chris, of Middlesbrough, bought the 300g packet of Kent-grown strawberries for ￡2.49 from a Morrisons store at Teesside Park.
He added: “I love strawberries and buy them all the time -during June.
"By this time of year they often aren’t as sweet, but this packet smelt nice so I decided to try them.”
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Dad-of-three Chris continued: “When I opened them up I saw that one was as big as an apple.
"Big ones sometimes aren’t as tasty but this smelled very good — and it was really tasty as well.
“Perhaps I should have tried to sell it on eBay but I wanted to have it myself.”
But his strawb was some way off getting in to Guinness World Records.
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The biggest ever recorded was a 10oz giant grown in Israel in 2021, measuring 7ins high and 13ins in circumference.