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tony palmer · 08-16-2008, 12:40 PM

I’m surprised that Chini champa isn’t grown more often in the US, I found it a bit more frost tolerant then say Cavendishi Orinoco and Rajapuri, it was slow growing though in a UK summer, but your summers are much warmer and I recon it would perform better for you guys in the US.

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tony palmer Junior Member tony palmer's Photo Gallery Zone: UK Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 204 BananaBucks : 67,497 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 175 Times Was Thanked 237 Times in 78 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Musa "chini champa" I’m surprised that Chini champa isn’t grown more often in the US, I found it a bit more frost tolerant then say Cavendishi Orinoco and Rajapuri, it was slow growing though in a UK summer, but your summers are much warmer and I recon it would perform better for you guys in the US.