DNA test shows: largest potato in the world is not a potato | Abroad

This is what Dug the Spud looks like.

This is what Dug the Spud looks like.

Wellington – What a disappointment for Colin Craig-Brown, the farmer who became world news last year with a 7.7 kilogram potato. Dug the Spud, as the vegetable was dubbed, turns out not to be a potato at all.

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