Every year there’s one, usually either a beefsteak or a brandywine. An early fruit, if unmolested by wildlife, will eventually become the largest of the season. Here are the winners from past years (it would not appear that I documented them all):
2017: Undefined
2019: 24.8oz
2021: 16.8oz
2023: 19.3oz
2024: 14.2oz
2019 still holds the record.
And pushing its way into 3rd place, muscling out 2021, is 2025! Yay!
2025: 17.2oz
Not epic, but categorically glorious.
–Simon