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Old 04-01-2014, 01:32 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Default Re: Dwarf Brazilian vs Manzano

I asked Gabe for Manzano, and he gave me Manzano straight from the research center at the University. Gabe has many types of AAB Silk, as seen on his older posts. I believe that he received the majority of his bananas from the Gene Bank.

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Gabe even had the name of the variety of fig. Here is Gabeʻs email to me.

FFM= 'Figue Famille' (AAB Silk). Manzano/"True Apple" type. I never fruited it
so can't much about it except that it is typical of Silk's to have fruit which
remains astringent until very-very ripe, they often need to be practically
falling apart before they no longer taste like a green banana, but then they are
really great and sweet fruits.

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