I just noticed the date my camera stamped on the picture. It is not right. It was taken today (9-7-16).

Impressive. Do you plan to submit it for a record?

Fireduck, wow, impressive! You have to let us know the outcome of the record. I hope that you don't mind, but I wanted to share some pics of big avocados that I've encountered here as well. The first pic is an avocado from the farmers market; you can see the size in comparison to a 9 yr old's hand. The second is from a then-vacant house that we looked at while house-hunting.. that is an adult hand holding it! As ridiculous as it sounds, I was on cloud 9 and would have made an offer on the house just for the tree alone but my husband brought me back down to earth : )

Those are pretty cool photos! The top pic is probably a "Nabal" type fruit...very good eating. The bottom pic looks more like an Indian type fruit...not as good of taste on that one. In California it is tough to even find a variety to buy other than Hass. There are so many good varieties of avocados. I have 16 varieties.

Wow, 17 varieties! Which one is your favorite? I'm going to put one in the ground soon. I'm thinking a Malama.. it is a Hawaii cultivar of the Guatemalan. As far as taste tests are concerned, the Malama often rates higher than the industry standard of Hass and even the Hawaii Kona Sharwill. I still have to decide, although I'll probably go the farmers market and pick up several for my family's own taste tests.

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/CFS-AVO-3C.pdf

figs...that sounds like a good one. It is a spreading tree. I do have a Kona Sharwil, and it is very good. It grows much more narrow than the Malama. It is hard for me to pick a favorite. I do really really like my Pinkerton. goodluck