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Basjoofriend
10-13-2008, 10:06 AM
Hi,

in the past days I found a second good source for bananas in Brazil, in Herculandia near Lucianópolis, Duartina and Bauru. You know, that I have a chácara with a large yard in Lucianópolis in Brazil. I found in the sortiment of this nursery several banana cultivars and will order Musa "Mysore", Musa "Java" and other cultivars. But I surmise that Musa "Java" is one another name for "Blue Java" or "Ice Cream".

@lorax, do you know "Java"? Is this one alias name of "Ice Cream" in Brazil? If yes, this is a searched cultivar for my yard, because I may not import "Ice Cream" to Brazil because of the importation prohibition for bananas of 17th May 2005 for Brazil. Then I must order "Java" in Herculandia, but I must be sure, that this is also one alias name for "Ice Cream".

Best thanks in advance.

Best wishes
Basjoofriend

Chironex
12-22-2008, 05:00 PM
Cool

Caloosamusa
12-22-2008, 09:15 PM
The Ice Cream or Java Blue is very resistant to Black sigatoka but susceptible to fusarium. Fusarium is a major concern in banana production in your area. Hope this helps. Best wishes.