GATrops

I cut the fruit in the earlier photo this past weekend. The summer heat here in south GA was starting to take its toll on the fruit so I went ahead and took it down. We had high temps in the high 90's over the weekend and the plant was getting way too much sun for the amount of foliage it had covering the fruit. (That is a CA Gold bunch in the background.)

The bunch weighed in at 13 pounds. The flavor is pretty good. Not unlike the standard grocery store banana (Cavendish) but with a little more sweetness and a little more flavor. I personally like the acidic types better (Goldfinger, Nawah, FHIA-18, etc.) but the flavor from this variety was not bad at all and probably would be better if the heat had not started to "cook" them a little before I took them down. (Not to mention it was grown and fruited in a 20 gallon container.)

Richard