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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
The production of Orinoco ended in the 1950's because of Panama Disease and they were replaced by the Cavendish cooking banana which is harvested a bit earlier than the Cavendish dessert banana.
In my opinion the Orinoco are just as bad as the Blue Java Ice Cream, but 150 years ago these bananas along with the Gros Michel were grown because they had thick skin and were less prone to bruising during shipping than the better tasting bananas.
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I did'nt know they had been grown commercially. It surprises me because they are not that great of a producer.