7 giant vegetables-record holders

It was revealed this week that a 10-year-old boy named Keevan Dinkel won a giant cabbage contest at a fair in Palmer, Alaska, who grew a cabbage weighing 42 kilograms. Kevan became the owner of two thousand dollars. According to the organizing committee of the event, for the 18 years of the existence of the competition for the largest cabbage, a child has won it for the first time.

Giant vegetable contests are a very popular phenomenon. Both amateur gardeners and professional farmers specializing in growing giants and selling their seeds take part in them. We have collected 7 record-breaking vegetables from different countries.

(Total 7 photos)

1. Kevan Dinkel and his winning cabbage named Bob.

2. Peter Glazebrook from the UK is a well-known personality among fans of giant gardening. His bow weighing 8.16kg in 2012 broke his own previous world record. (John Giles/PA)

3. Nissan Tamir from Omer, Israel, demonstrates the radishes he has grown, each of which weighs 10 kg. (Azulai/Israel Sun/Rex Features)

4. This pumpkin won the 2011 Alaska Fair. Her weight was 584 kg.

5. This 2012 Harrogate, UK annual fair-winning squash was also raised by Peter Glazebrook. And weightlifter Jonathan Walker is trying to lift a vegetable, whose weight is 54.3 kg, over his head. (John Giles/PA)

6. Ian Neal from Newport, South Wales, set the record for the largest swede in 2011. This piece of giant gardening weighs 38.92 kg.

7. Antonio Martone with a tomato weighing 450 grams and a diameter of 38 cm. This giant grew from a seed that Antonio was sent by his family from Naples. (Solent News/Rex Features)