Re: Gros Michel
Elizabeth - As I said, this was many years ago, (probably before you were born) so it might have very well been the "original" strain. I, also, didn't pay too much attention because, at the time, bananas were bananas to me. However, Mr. Roberts (who had built the doctor's house, and most of the hotels on the island) and was also a dedicated horticulturist, (he owned the book, "Exotica", which in 1970's dollars was several hundred dollars) relayed the info about, the GM being slightly smaller, to me.
As I think back the place was really great. I had asked some of the locals to bring me plants, from the jungle, for which I would pay, and one time, a guy down the road, who maintained Doc's landscaping, while he wasn't there, brought me a 40 foot vine. It was a vanilla orchid.
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John
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