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Old 02-10-2014, 03:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: These are supposedly a new variety of banana
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Originally Posted by servatusprime View Post
This website reports that this is a cavendish variety with Gros Michel flavor. I like how they refer to the GM as "ancient".

Fruit importer Weichert presents a new banana variety Uurú

However this webiste reports that its very different from cavendish
FRUIT LOGISTICA - nominated exhibtors 2014
I imagine that Cavendish was seen as "exotic" in the early days.
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