Re: Gros Michel
I would love to get a Gros Michel just for that reason - never had one, born way too late, and would like to know just what the hell was going on. And in terms of it being difficult to get, well, it's just that much more of a mystery. Plus the idea of having my own 'original commercial banana' adds even more to the luster of the Gros Michel. And yeah, one more banana plant that is historically unique.
And, of course, to compare the taste of it to a Grand Nain and, what, Williams and...what's the other one. I forget. I always draw blanks on what the other 2 commercial kind are. Robusta? And how do you tell when you buy them what they are? That's something I've never learned.
But first and foremost - I just want to have my own plant.
Also it's to see what something that is not a cavendish is like, the small details of difference, from that kind of plant. Which I don't know anything about really. The group of kind of bananas the Gros Michel is in is Musa Sapientum. What I haven't looked for at all (yet) is what else is there from that group. I don't think it's ever been pointed out. At least that I've seen. Are the FHIA Gros Michel bananas in the same family? Or however that would be worded?
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