Английская Википедия:Doug (tuber)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Doug, also known as Dug,[1] is a tuber in the Cucurbitaceae family that was grown by Colin and Donna Craig-Brown near Hamilton in New Zealand.[2] Weighing roughly Шаблон:Convert, it was thought to be the largest potato on record for a period after its discovery, topping the Шаблон:Convert record holder at the time. However, genetic testing revealed that Doug is not, in fact, a potato.

Background

On 30 August 2021, while the Craig-Browns were weeding their garden near Hamilton, Colin's hoe struck what he initially thought was a fungal growth or a sweet potato beneath the surface; he discarded these ideas after realising the object's size.[3] The couple dug around the object. Colin extracted it with a garden fork,[4] scratched its skin, tasted it, and decided that it was a potato. The couple weighed it and named it Doug, after the word dug.

Doug grew in popularity locally and on Facebook, where the couple occasionally posted photographs of it.[5][6] At the suggestion of friends, the Craig-Browns submitted an application for the tuber, which was being kept in a freezer at the time, to Guinness World Records,[7] in the category of largest potato. Doug was verified as being a potato by several gardening experts,[8] but doubts persisted. In March 2022, the Craig-Browns' application was declined after genetic testing conducted by Plant & Food Research confirmed that Doug was the "tuber of a type of gourd".Шаблон:R[9] Chris Claridge, who assisted in the genetic testing, suggested that the tuber may have grown as the result of infection or disease.[10]

Colin Craig-Brown had previously stated that he planned to turn Doug into vodka once the tuber's popularity died down.[11]

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