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Contenders for the heaviest twelve? ©Mike Kipling , 2007 |
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Upholding the 19th-century tradition of finding the heaviest gooseberry has always been of utmost priority at Egton Bridge in North Yorkshire. Some 200 years after its origin, entrants to this competition at St Hedda's Schoolroom are as enthusiastic as ever. Gardeners enter their biggest gooseberries into one of four classes: red gooseberries, yellow ones, greens and white ones. The heaviest gooseberry is determined by an apothecary scale, measured in drams and grains. Past record winners have weighed in at 33 drams - that's the size of a golf ball but in 2009 a new world record was set at 35 drams exactly. After many years of reducing show numbers we are pleased to welcome the residents of Skillinge in Sweden to the gooseberry show fold having held their inaugural show on the first weekend in August. |
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