Most and Least Nutritive Fruits In World Source: Pixabay Most and Least Nutritive Fruits An analysis of the 38 commonly eaten raw (as opposed to dried) fruits shows that the one with the highest calorific value is the avocado (Persea americana) with 741 calories per edible lb. That with the lowest value is cucumber with 73 calories per lb. Avocados probably originated in Central and South America and also contain vitamins A, C. and E and 2.2% protein. Biggest Apple An apple weighing 3 lb 1 oz was reported by V. Loveridge of Ross-on Wye, England in 1965. Largest Artichoke An 8-lb artichoke was grown in 1964 at Tollerton, N Yorkshire England, by A. R. Lawson Largest Broccoli A head of broccoli weighing 28 lb 14 3/4 oz was grown in 1964 by J. T. Cooke of Huntington, W. Sussex, England. Largest Cabbage In 1865 William Collingwood of The Stalwell, County Durham, England, grew a red cabbage with a circumference of 259 in. It reputedly weighed 123 lb. Largest Carrot A carrot weighing 11 ...
FISHES (PISCES, BRADYODONTI, SELACHII AND MARSIPOLI) Largest Fresh-water Fishes The largest fish which spends its whole life in fresh or brackish water is the rare Pa Beuk or Pla Buk (Pangasianodon gigas), a giant catfish found in the Mekong River of Laos and Thailand. Adult males average 8 n in length and weigh about 360 lb. This size was exceeded by the European catfish or wels (Silurus glanis). In the 19th century lengths of up to 15 ft and weights up to 720 lb were reported for Russian specimens, but today anything over 6 ft and 200 lb is considered large. The arapaima (Arapaima glanis), also called the pirarucu, found in the Amazon and other South American rivers and often claimed to be the largest fresh-water fish, averages 6 and 150 lb. The largest "authentically recorded" measured 8 ft 1% in and weighed 325 lb. It was caught in the Rio Negro,Brazil, in 1836. In Sept 1978 a Nile perch (Lates niloticus) weighing 416 lb was netted in the eastern part of Lake Victoria, K...