Bigger is better - especially in strawberries, Japanese farmer says Tokyo - A Japanese farmer has succeeded in breeding giant strawberries with a price tag of up to 50,000 yen (560 dollars) apiece, media reports said Thursday. The newly harvested fruit measure about 8.5 centimetres in length and weigh more than 80 grams, compared to the standard strawberry what weighs about 28 grams.
Mikio Okuda, 55, tried to exceed the top size of the berry, which can reach 75 grams, and succeeded in breeding strawberries that weigh up to 91 grams, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said. Okuda has been growing strawberries for more than 31 years. Read the whole story here......
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