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Nicolas Naranja · 09-05-2011, 01:24 PM

I'm not a very good judge of taste. I think the Giant, Dwarf and Super all taste the same. I actually think that the Dwarf is a dwarf sport of the giant and the super is a french sport of the dwarf. Technically speaking Hua Moa is not a plantain and neither is Burro. Here in South Florida, you commonly here "platano hawaiiano" for Hua Moa and "platano burro" for burro. To me, the only thing Hua Moa is good for is tostones and chips. I have trouble making tostones with Burro, they come out fluffy and don't stay together. However, once over-ripe they make a decent maduro.

As for the FHIA varieties, I personally only grow FHIA-17 and that was in order to have a regular banana that had some resistance to Sigatoka. It hasn't been a very good variety for me. I have tasted both FHIA-1 and FHIA-18 and wasn't really happy with the taste. They are very productive though.

Oh and the giant part of the giant plantain has to do with the height. It's not really that tall though. I believe it is really Maricongo from Puerto Rico.

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