Megamango!

by Joe DiStefano, Posted Mar 15th 2006 @ 11:17AM

The gigantic 76-pound jackfruit grown on Hawaii's Big Island two years ago now has some company. Joining it in Guinness World Records is the world's heaviest mango – a whopping five pounds, seven ounces – grown in Kailua, Kona.

Colleen Porter, who has a small mango and avocado orchard, tended the freakish fruit for two months, even covering it with plastic bag to keep birds from eating it. Before she harvested it she almost gave up growing altogether. I know it's a long shot, but given Hawaii's track record so far, I'm holding out for the world's largest Kona coffee bean.

[image: The Honolulu Advertiser]

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