Sweet Potato King?

Mississippi has its Sweet Potato Queens, but Cedar Key may have the Sweet Potato King. Local resident and avid gardener Howard Powell raises a variety of vegetables in elevated beds filled with sea weed and potting mix. This year`s crop of sweet potatoes was good, but the surprise was a thirteen pound giant sweet potato that may be a world`s record.

Mr. Powell in his garden holding his outstanding sweet potato

Thirteen pound sweet potato grown in Cedar Key

Mr. Powell sent an e-mail to The Guiness Book of Records to find if there is a known record weight for sweet potatoes. The potato has the shape of a plucked turkey, and as Thanksgiving approaches the fate of the specimen is undecided.

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