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Originally Posted by servatusprime
Well they aren't the best dessert banana ever but they do seem to be more cold tolerant so I think that's the key to their popularity.
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I agree. That and the fact that Orinoco or closely related Bluggoe cultivars have been available in the US for a long time relative to others.
For dessert fruit in areas where cold is a problem, personally I'd go with Pisang Awak ("Namwah") cultivars. I don't have freezing temperatures where I live, but when it gets down into the 30's and 40's, they do as well or better than Orinoco, taste better (to me), and ripen faster.