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bikoro child
12-01-2009, 11:08 AM
A good info there:
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Banana-plantain-overview.pdf
For example, I had never heard of variegated musa Manini...(looks like an AE Ae is it the same?

ron_mcb
12-13-2009, 04:08 PM
yeah i read this before.. i like how much detail this has.. the part i especially like is how he breaks down and explains the "ladyfinger" banana. he says that there have been 4 cultivars from aa ab and aab clones that have been called ladyfinger. i kinda figured this out when i first started with bananas..i have always used the term "lady finger type". i think one of the most common varieties called ladyfinger is Mysore.

to really become informed you have to probably dig thru 10-15 junk writings to find 1 good article like this. it has info you can use.

Gabe15
12-13-2009, 07:42 PM
'Manini' is another name for 'Ae'ae', it is commonly used on Maui and Kaua'i, I see the name 'Koa'e' used more on the Big Island, but more or less 'Ae'ae' is not used as much in Hawai'i as it is in the mainland US (partly because of some Hawaiians choosing to use a name that is still only used in Hawai'i).

Scot Nelson
12-18-2009, 05:37 PM
yeah i read this before.. i like how much detail this has.. the part i especially like is how he breaks down and explains the "ladyfinger" banana. he says that there have been 4 cultivars from aa ab and aab clones that have been called ladyfinger. i kinda figured this out when i first started with bananas..i have always used the term "lady finger type". i think one of the most common varieties called ladyfinger is Mysore.

to really become informed you have to probably dig thru 10-15 junk writings to find 1 good article like this. it has info you can use.

Thanks for the words about this article.

I was one of its authors.