Baby Sized Avocado Drops Jaws in Hawaii



Baby Sized Avocado Drops Jaws in Hawaii


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KONA, HAWAII - Ho brah, bumbucha avocado big as one keki! For non-locals that roughly translates to, ‘wow man, the large avocado is as big as a child,” and is describing the enormous 6 pound avocados that dropped off of one tree in Kona. Imagine how many pieces of avocado toast you could get from just one!

The avocados are on average the size of a newborn baby—over six pounds

Kenjo Fukumitsu and his family have been growing some seriously epic ‘cados in the land of Aloha from a tree first grafted by his brother in 1941, Simplemost reports. The avocados are, on average, the size of a newborn baby—over six pounds. Many of the giant avocados get donated to the Urgent Care of Kona as Fukumitsu has more than he can handle.

Kenjo Fukumitsu, Avocado Grower“We had so much, all falling down, and the pigs eating it, so I share them with some of our friends,” Fukumitsu told Insider. “If you eat it during November month, they’re very watery. But after that, it’s good.”

The current Guinness World Record ‘cado is five pounds eight ounces and was also grown in Hawaii (I’m sensing a trend). A physician at Urgent Care of Kona, Dr. Joy McElroy, contacted Guinness World Record on behalf of Fukumitsu to see if his avocados could set a new record. Unfortunately, the authentication process takes 12 weeks, and the fruit is unlikely to last long enough to gain the official title.

In true local fashion, Fukumitsu was unphased by the prospect of losing out on the record.

“We didn’t think nothing of it; we just pick and eat it. And we sold some,” added Fukumitsu.

Looks like I need to be booking a trip back home to Hawaii, so I can make six pounds of guacamole. For more record breaking produce news, keep reading AndNowUKnow. Aloha nui loa!

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