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Jessedian
09-07-2014, 12:53 PM
I'm desiring to compile a list of banana varieties that produce extra large to large fruit. Could anybody help me out? Could you mention the:

1.) variety
2.) size of fruit (inches)
3.) number of fingers
4.) number of hands

Thank you all so much!

venturabananas
09-07-2014, 08:11 PM
In addition to differences among varieties, parts 2-4 also depend on climate and growing conditions, so information from people growing bananas near you will probably be most representative of what you can expect.

The one I grow that makes the largest fruit in my yard is Monthan.

1. Monthan
2. 6-8" but very fat, averaging 300 g per fruit.
3. Around 100
4. Around 10

Nicolas Naranja
09-07-2014, 08:53 PM
Large as in weight or length?
Hua Moa are 5 to 9 inches in length and can weigh more than a pound. Usually you have a 25 lbs bunch with 25-35 fingers. It is often considered more of a plantain but I sell tons of it to people who eat them ripe and raw

FHIA 17 are usually 7-9+ inches in length and larger fruit approach 200g. Bunches are large with 10+ hands being normal. 150 fingers on a 50 lbs bunch would be standard

Jessedian
09-09-2014, 11:27 AM
Anybody in fl (besides going bananas) that'd be willing to trade for a fhia17 or monthan?

PR-Giants
09-09-2014, 01:18 PM
SH-3640 get huge.

Rhino Horns get big too.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51290 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51290)

Jessedian
09-09-2014, 04:44 PM
SH-3640 get huge.

Rhino Horns get big too.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51290 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51290)

:0489:

Wow!!!!

Nicolas Naranja
09-09-2014, 07:45 PM
Anybody in fl (besides going bananas) that'd be willing to trade for a fhia17 or monthan?

I have a few FHIA 17

PR-Giants
09-10-2014, 10:40 AM
Anybody in fl (besides going bananas) that'd be willing to trade for a fhia17 or monthan?

From studies I've read, the Fhia-02 outperforms the Fhia-17 in the subtropics.

Nicolas Naranja
09-10-2014, 11:49 AM
From studies I've read, the Fhia-02 outperforms the Fhia-17 in the subtropics.

Which subtropics?

I did a quick review and I see in Brazil it did better than FHIA-17, but in South Africa it did much worse.

Yuri Barros
09-10-2014, 12:20 PM
There is a kind of Banana here in Brazil...........called "Banana da Terra"............I donīt know itīs name in English............

But here there are few pictures of this..........

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56746 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56745&ppuser=11331)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56745&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56745&ppuser=11331)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56747&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56747&ppuser=11331)

PR-Giants
09-10-2014, 12:48 PM
Which subtropics?

I did a quick review and I see in Brazil it did better than FHIA-17, but in South Africa it did much worse.

There are also many studies in Asia.

Yuri Barros
09-10-2014, 01:15 PM
This is from Solomon Islands...........

And it belongs to Fehi group............

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56748&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56748&ppuser=11331)

Yuri Barros
01-29-2015, 06:08 PM
Hereīs a video that have huge bananas..............but I cannot understand the name of it.....................it appears at 0.25 seconds........and at 1.20 seconds..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHYj10DRqXs

sunfish
01-29-2015, 07:03 PM
Pisang Tanduk - Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu, ensiklopedia bebas (http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisang_Tanduk) :woohoonaner:



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Richard
01-30-2015, 02:12 AM
I'm desiring to compile a list of banana varieties that produce extra large to large fruit. Could anybody help me out? Could you mention the:

1.) variety
2.) size of fruit (inches)
3.) number of fingers
4.) number of hands

Thank you all so much!

Best wishes. Whether they will actually produce large fruit in zone 9 is another question. Typically we're talking about zone 12.