Big Mango worship

From da Wege via email:

When Colleen Porter took her mango to the local grocer, it wasn't to sell it, but to weigh it and show it off. Colleen Porter, already a state mango record holder, has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records as growing the world's heaviest mango - 5 pounds, 7 ounces. The monster mango appears to be close to the size of a human head...

"All the people I showed it to at Safeway and Sack 'n' Save were just amazed," she said.

Easton-Smith said the Big Island already is noted for producing the world's biggest jackfruit, but having the world's most massive mango is something special.

"We think it's very cool," she said...

"We're turning it into a piece of art," she said.

Her husband, Scott, has made a mold from the mango and plans to create a sculpture to be painted by her daughter, Megan, an art major in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Porter, who has moved to a new home in Captain Cook, says she almost gave up her orchard.

"One day, I just didn't know if I wanted to keep it up," she said. "I looked up to the sky for some kind of answer and that's when I first saw it."