world's heaviest potato

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Khalil Semhat insisted he had not used fertilizer to produce his potato A farmer in southern Lebanon has dug up what might be the heaviest potato in the world. This giant weighs 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds) Mr Semhat, 56, said he had to ask for help from a friend to get the huge vegetable out of the ground. The current world record, as recorded in the Guinness Book of Records, is held by K Sloan of the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom for a potato weighing a mere 3.5 kg (7 lb 13 oz). 2008 is the International Year of the Potato, a project sponsored by the United Nations which aims to focus attention on the importance of the vegetable in providing food security and alleviating poverty.