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Old 09-03-2013, 10:39 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Default Re: Mona Lisa Banana Plant.

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Originally Posted by G.W. View Post
True true.

In reading about Fhia cultivars I was surprised to see that local peoples preferred familiar tasting bananas and that anything " different tasting " met with resistance, regardless of other characteristics.
Hence Fhia bananas would have to taste similar to cultivars they intended to replace.

At least this is my educated guess .

Sorry about double post, can't copy/paste quote into first.
I believe their goal is disease resistance, increase yield, and acceptable taste.

I never read anything about trying to improve the taste.

Most here rate a banana on cold tolerance, speed, taste, and maybe yield.
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