edwmax

I believe your nana plants are Orinoco and some times called Burro & favored in the Latino community. These are reliable grower for bananas eaten out of hand or cooked and easy to grow for many areas. The banana usually have a slight apple taste. But they are not considered to be better quality bananas by many growers. .... Matter of opinion though ... I have several Orinoco's in my patch with about 6 bunches growing now.


As an added note ... The Orinoco was widely shared banana plant in the southeastern US during the mid 1900's. It was found to be cold hardy to zones 9 & 8 and grown in many old gardens. While the Gros Michel field trials of the early 1900's was labeled as not commercially suitable for Florida and was not cold hardy outside of zones 9/10. Other banana varieties were not imported to the US until last few recent years.

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