View Full Version : Sweetheart FHIA-3 Flavor?
andy17
09-19-2013, 04:32 PM
Hello everyone,
Has anyone tried FHIA-3 fruit? There aren't too many posts about it's taste, but they seem to contradictory haha FHIA's original designation says that the plant was intended as a cooking banana, but it seems quite a few people also eat them raw. Is is any good? Thanks!
bananimal
09-20-2013, 12:34 AM
One of the first pups I got from a member on the forum was Sweetheart. He also gave me some fruit. When I got home I tried the fruit and found it way too sweet to my taste.
I mean disgustingly sweet.
Tossed the fruit and gave away the pup.
He also gave me a Goldfinger pup. This one will stay planted at my place forever. Great taste, cold resistant, disease free.
Abnshrek
09-20-2013, 08:25 AM
One of the first pups I got from a member on the forum was Sweetheart. He also gave me some fruit. When I got home I tried the fruit and found it way too sweet to my taste.
I mean disgustingly sweet.
Tossed the fruit and gave away the pup..
Was it to ripe? :^)
pitangadiego
09-21-2013, 10:27 PM
A lot like Namwah, IMO.
andy17
09-21-2013, 11:30 PM
A lot like Namwah, IMO.
Thanks pitangadiego! I have a flower emerging on my Ice Cream Namwah, but haven't had a chance to try the fruit yet. How does the taste for either compare to Goldfinger or Cavendish? Also, would you recommend the FHIA-3? Thanks!
caliboy1994
09-22-2013, 01:51 AM
Thanks pitangadiego! I have a flower emerging on my Ice Cream Namwah, but haven't had a chance to try the fruit yet. How does the taste for either compare to Goldfinger or Cavendish? Also, would you recommend the FHIA-3? Thanks!
I haven't tried GF, but the taste of Namwah FAR surpasses Cavendish. Eat when extremely ripe if you want it entirely sweet, and decently ripe if you want some apple-like flavor. It tends to be a bit firm in the middle though, and the outside tends to be sort of slimy when really ripe. I'd still rate it above Cavendish though.
Hello everyone,
Has anyone tried FHIA-3 fruit? There aren't too many posts about it's taste, but they seem to contradictory haha FHIA's original designation says that the plant was intended as a cooking banana, but it seems quite a few people also eat them raw. Is is any good? Thanks!
I can't tell you about the taste but here's some pictures. I moved it on 7/16/2013 from its original spot to an area where there's more room and sun. The pictures were taken three days after a storm.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54653&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54653&ppuser=7682)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54654 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54653&ppuser=7682)
andy17
09-26-2013, 05:22 PM
I can't tell you about the taste but here's some pictures. I moved it on 7/16/2013 from its original spot to an area where there's more room and sun. The pictures were taken three days after a storm.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54653&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54653&ppuser=7682)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54654 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54653&ppuser=7682)
Thanks ez! How do you like growing the Sweetheart?
Thanks ez! How do you like growing the Sweetheart?
I enjoy it, the Sweetheart seems to grow about the same as any other variety. I grow it because it's a AABB and I remember reading that it's one of the most widely grown bananas in Cuba. Since I am Cuban American I just couldn't resist.
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