Giant Vegetables (20 photos)

Record harvests of 2011 - the biggest vegetables.

1. The Director of the autumn flower show Martin Fish with a huge cabbage on the 100th anniversary of the exhibition. ((John Giles / PA)


2. Joe Midway with 392-pound pumpkin grown by Ken Rayyanom, won the competition for the biggest pumpkin. (Cameron Richardson / Newspix / Rex / Rex Features)



3. A legend in the world of growing huge vegetables Bernard Lavery with its harvest in 1995. (Chip Hires / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images)



4. 'Gherkin' length of 106 cm, grown in the Clare Pearce Uittlsete. (Albanpix Ltd / Rex Features)



5. Nissan Tamir from Omer, Israel shows them radishes grown, each of which weighs 10 kilograms. (Azulai / Israel Sun / Rex Features)



6. Antonio Marton with tomato weighing 450 grams and a diameter of 38 cm. This giant has grown from a seed that Antonio sent his family from Naples. (Solent News / Rex Features)



7. Michael Kingston 5, 7-pound leeks grown by Joe Atherton contest "vegetable monster" in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1999. (Tim Ockenden / PA)



8. It is though not a vegetable, but still impressive, huge mushrooms grown in China. (Quirky China News / Rex Features)



9. Again, not a vegetable, and 1, 5-pound white truffle - a real treasure. Went under the hammer for 160 pounds. (MN Chan / Getty Images AsiaPac)



10. Bob Aynstoun 2, 27-pound carrots from the garden in 1973. (JRV Johnson / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)



11. Gardener Phillip Vauels with his son Andrew and 51-pound zucchini in Llangerri, South Wales. (Rex Features)



12. Professional gardener Peter Glazebrook from the UK with onions, pobivshim previous world record of 1 kg 100 grams. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)



13. The weight of this "onion" - 8, 15 pounds.



14. During his bow Peter Glazebrook received 1,500 euros. It is worth noting that he had already set a world record for the most gigantic potatoes, beets and parsnips.



15. Farmer Derek Neumann carries a giant cabbage at the exhibition of flowers and vegetables, which is held annually in the UK, in the town Herrougeyt.



16. This year the exhibition of flowers and vegetables in Herrougeyt, which is located in the north of the UK, celebrated its centenary. In this case, vegetables such size seen there for the first time.



17. Pete Glazebrook with a giant zucchini.



18. The giant zucchini on the shoulder of the farmer.



19. Farmer Joe Atherton grower keeps his head on a giant cucumber.



20. Proud exhibitors farm festival in the town Herrougeyt.