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Old 09-16-2012, 04:31 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa velutina flower

Hey thanks for the info! I hope to try them myself at some point.

I've read that they're very sweet and quite delicious but that, as you pointed out, there are a lot of seeds. I think generally people prefer seedless fruit, but I also think it would be great to try to get people to rethink the idea. My experience is that seeded grapes, for example, are much tastier on average.

Whilst personal preference is an obvious factor, I feel there's a need to get the general public to try to hop over this psychological hurdle (without meaning to sound pretentious). My limited research tells me that with our love for seedless bananas in particular, we're creating the need for a plant species that is grown through propagation and which thereby has a more limited genetic pool, which in turn means its immune system is relatively poor. Thus the need for more pesticides and what have you. And in the end that main industry species (at the moment Cavendish) gets wiped out. It happened already with Gros Michel.

Anyway sorry I'm rambling here and going off on a bit of a tangent...
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