Tropical Zone Gardening: Papaya 101 "My Experiences", 1 by Braveheartsmom

Braveheartsmom wrote:
Here is the monster - Randy's description of the papaya in Liberia sound just like mine - sans the chicken poo! It is the only monster I have, all the rest are just the regular ones maybe 8oz to 1lb each. All the locals I have shown and who have tasted Big Yellow say that it's definately a Hawaiian type, but none have seen the size before so it remains unnamed...

I haven't got a ripe one at present, these are about half grown. As the plant is way above the roof line I can't really put anything next to them for comparison size wise...