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Old 04-26-2012, 10:51 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: These Banana Are.....?

Dan, you probably won't know what they are until they produce a flower, and maybe not even then. There are lots of varieties, not just Cavendish that have the "wine stains" on the leaves of water suckers, though Cavendish varieties tend to have very pronounced stains. In general, varieties with lots of B (balbisiana) genes, like Orinoco and Namwah (both ABB) don't have wine stains. Ones with exclusively A (acuminata) genes (e.g., Cavendish AAA) will have the strongest stains, but not all varieties with only A genes have wine stains. Ones with more A genes than B genes (e.g., Brazilian and Rajapuri both AAB) can high light wine stains or none. Note that the wine stains are usually only present on water suckers and not sword suckers.
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