From down North Carolina way, this story about an 11 foot, 3 inch woman's potato plant. To be precise, it's the spud plant that measures 11'3"; the article I read doesn't mention the height of Cecelia Smith, from Nebo, McDowell County. I suppose Cecelia stands at an average height, but that potato factory she's got going is tallest in the world, or so says Guinness World Records.
She calls the plant "Gertrude," and a minute of research tells me that name comes to us with roots in the ancient Germanic languages, word that meant "spear" and "strength".
Ms Smith just planted the fantastic future French Fry flora last February, and by May she was figuring on it being in the Largest category.
The old potato prize winner was a puny 9-foot, 4.1-inch jobber grown in Britain.
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