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island cassie
04-17-2009, 12:28 PM
My ice cream has ripe fruit for the first time. As the bunch was very heavy (I estimate 80 lbs +) and very high in the air, I had to ask Celestino and Boni to cut it down for me. The green markings on the ripe fruit appear to be caused by a fluffy white insect - some sort of aphid perhaps. The ripe fingers are very thin-skinned and delicate, and delicious. We all stood around and ate the first few ripe fingers, as they separate from the bunch very easily.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16699&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16699&ppuser=628)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16698&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16698&ppuser=628)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16695&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16695&ppuser=628)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16696&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16696&ppuser=628)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16697&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16697&ppuser=628)
Congrats island cassie, I bet they tasted great!
island cassie
04-17-2009, 12:43 PM
Thanks Bob - they are even better than I thought they'd be - very tasty!
hydroid
04-17-2009, 12:49 PM
Hey Cassie, that's a very nice bunch of fruit. How tall is that ice cream? I'm supposed to be getting my first ice cream plant next week. Thanks
hydroid
NANAMAN
04-17-2009, 12:55 PM
Very nice bunch, congrats!!! The fluffy white insects are probably - mealy bugs-. Usually not a problem except in high concentrations. Thanks for the pictures.
buzzwinder
04-17-2009, 12:57 PM
Congrats Cassie, they look very tasty. Thats a big bunch, have you counted the fingers yet? :bananas_b
Steve L
04-17-2009, 12:58 PM
Very nice Cassie. My Ice Cream is about to flower. The flag leaf is next. Looking forward to it.
Steve
Tog Tan
04-17-2009, 12:59 PM
Congrats Cassie! Dang, sure heck lotsa fruits. Sure you can finish them all?
Besides gobbling them off, milkshake will be nice. Recently my sister bought a couple of Gros Michel fruits and they make the best 'naner milkshake I have tasted cos of its unique flavor. Yum!
island cassie
04-17-2009, 01:05 PM
Yes Nanaman - I think you are right and not a problem as there are just a few. Hydroid they are large - I estimate 18ft to where the bud came out which makes them taller than the tall orinoco but not quite as large as the saba. They are also thick at the base measuring 40 inches around a foot up from the ground.
island cassie
04-17-2009, 01:21 PM
Bill, it looks like about 230 fruits - I have 12 hands of about 18 each, and the guys have aleady eaten the ripe ones and taken some home. Very hard to count them as they are densely packed together.
Haha Tog! I don't think I could eat them as fast as they ripen, but luckily there are always plenty of people happy to give them a home.
Chironex
04-17-2009, 02:24 PM
IC from IC! Awesome!
momoese
04-17-2009, 02:36 PM
Wow, what a lovely bunch o bananas you have!
IC from IC! Awesome!
Good one!
john_ny
04-17-2009, 03:27 PM
Very impressive!
saltydad
04-17-2009, 04:07 PM
Wow Cassie. they sure look good. Are they as good as their reputation?
island cassie
04-17-2009, 04:10 PM
Very tangy and tasty as well as sweet, not quite as much banana flavour as some. Definitely different!
Patty in Wisc
04-17-2009, 04:11 PM
WOW Cassie, congrats! That is a huge bunch. I'm expecting a flag leaf soon on my IC but I won't get near as many fingers. Thanks for the pics.
conejov
04-17-2009, 04:28 PM
Wow! Thats a huge Bunch! are they usually that big? well congrats and enjoy.
xavierdlc61887
04-17-2009, 05:18 PM
first question : how tall is it??? just wondering because i have a IC too and its about 6 - 6 1/2 feet tall ..... i would assume its about 12+ feet
Worm_Farmer
04-17-2009, 05:54 PM
I will have to say I am very jelous! My IC is just over 8' and has started to push out a flower now, and only have 3.5 leafs. I am thinking that I will have a small bunch, ;( but I Guess we will have to wait and see.
But Congrats on such a HUGE bunch!
1aday
04-17-2009, 06:28 PM
Congratulations! They certainly look good.
austinl01
04-17-2009, 06:52 PM
Very beautiful bananas! I wish I could taste one. Eat a nice, plump one for me, ok?
island cassie
04-17-2009, 07:43 PM
Xavier - 18ft of pstem to where the flower bud came out, leaves huge and over the roof of the house.
Thanks everyone for your good wishes - the corm must have come from Jarred's best mat to do so well. But they are ripening visibly as the weather is warm, and with 200+ to eat...... I think a surprise visit to friends will be in order.
My son in England asked me to bring some over to him in May when I go back there, but they will be long gone by then. But I have bunches on other plants that might be ready at the right time.
Chironex
04-17-2009, 08:14 PM
Xavier - 18ft of pstem to where the flower bud came out, leaves huge and over the roof of the house.
Thanks everyone for your good wishes - the corm must have come from Jarred's best mat to do so well. But they are ripening visibly as the weather is warm, and with 200+ to eat...... I think a surprise visit to friends will be in order.
My son in England asked me to bring some over to him in May when I go back there, but they will be long gone by then. But I have bunches on other plants that might be ready at the right time.
Come on over Cassie! I am ready right now. I can boil hot dogs and usually don't burn frozen pizza. Bring your hubster and we will invite the rest of the Vegas gang over for banana splits!
island cassie
04-17-2009, 08:34 PM
Scot - let's party!!! No-one knows how to party like folks from North America I have found! We have friends here from Colorado, Alabama, Carolina, Maine, Florida and all over - lots of Canadians too and they all throw awesome parties!!!
LilRaverBoi
04-17-2009, 08:37 PM
Wow...great job with your plant! It had to have been quite healthy to produce so heavily. I'm sure the results speak for themselves, really. They look tasty! Enjoy the fruits of your labor...literally!
Bananaman88
04-17-2009, 10:08 PM
Congrats, Cassie-that's one heck of a bunch!
Chironex
04-18-2009, 01:32 AM
Scot - let's party!!! No-one knows how to party like folks from North America I have found! We have friends here from Colorado, Alabama, Carolina, Maine, Florida and all over - lots of Canadians too and they all throw awesome parties!!!
Drinks on me!
bananimal
04-18-2009, 07:43 AM
Nice IC's, I C.
It's great to live in the carib islands. Visited my wifes relatives several times in PR and saw paridise on earth. The Huertas family owns one small mountain and the main road is named camino Huertas. About 80 folks or so live there.
First time I ever saw pigs hanging in the trees. They had them dressed and split in half waiting for us to show up. Sorta like hanging banana bunches. When we left the only thing hanging were the feet.
Oh, and they made coquito with like 200 proof rum. Had a hard time finding the hotel back in San Juan. Never forget it. Especially the fresh morcilla - made with fresh blood from the pigs just slaughtered. It's an island thing.
Dan
Bananaman88
04-18-2009, 08:05 AM
Puerto Rico is awesome-been there a couple of times myself. Last time we went to the rainforest and it was simply beautiful! Sorry-I'll try not to hijack the thread.
Tog Tan
04-18-2009, 12:08 PM
Puerto Rico is awesome-been there a couple of times myself. Last time we went to the rainforest and it was simply beautiful! Sorry-I'll try not to hijack the thread.
Brent, the disease is getting to you, I can see your itch... It's an Agouti idea to Guanta join our gang.:ha: Rite, Scot, Beth? :0517:
lorax
04-18-2009, 12:13 PM
I don't want to thread wreck Cassie.... But here goes!
Brent, you should guanta join the gang. Agouti good idea of the threadwreck you're capable of, before you tapir off into general obedience to topic.
Chironex
04-18-2009, 12:42 PM
Agouti idea. We could make a make a nametag for Brent and tapir onto his shirt. Then if he qualifies, upon review of his threadbusting prowess, we will know if he's guanta make it. Arawana do that?
Tog Tan
04-18-2009, 12:54 PM
Agouti idea. We could make a make a nametag for Brent and tapir onto his shirt. Then if he qualifies, upon review of his threadbusting prowess, we will know if he's guanta make it. Arawana do that?
Agouti! Aquoti! Aquoti! Now we tapir off and see if Brent Guanta be in. :0517:
Sorry...Cassie...:waving:
Caloosamusa
04-18-2009, 01:03 PM
Good morning all! Including the thread-wrecker gang!!! :-)
Island Cassie, I posted some comments the other day but I want to repeat, I wish my Ice Creams looked like that! On the IntBananasearch site, (I forgot the acronem) one publication stated that the Blue Java does better in a tropical environment and fruit production is not as good in sub-tropical conditions. Your pictures are a awesome testimony to this "finding." Great job!! I hope they taste as good as they look!:2239:
island cassie
04-18-2009, 03:06 PM
Very droll gang, haha!!!
Caloosamusa, thanks for the compliment, obviously hot and humid suits them well as they have really taken off here. The ones I tasted were more tangy than I had anticipated, but I will let them ripen more and see if the flavour changes.
chong
04-18-2009, 03:11 PM
Drinks on me!
For real????? Gotta get to Vegas soon!
Chironex
04-18-2009, 03:14 PM
Come on down!
chong
04-18-2009, 03:21 PM
Come on down!
Gotta warn you, I drink like a fish . . . esp. if it's MacAllan single malt, or 18-year old Dunhill Scotch! I can't wait.
Chironex
04-18-2009, 03:34 PM
Ok, first two rounds are on me. hehe
lorax
04-18-2009, 04:22 PM
Drinks on me!
Oban 25-year-old Single Malt for me! Oban 50 if you can find it. Put me down for one bottle per round.
chong
04-18-2009, 04:34 PM
Oban 25-year-old Single Malt for me! Oban 50 if you can find it. Put me down for one bottle per round.
I'll go along with that. It's still on Scot, right? The first two rounds, that is. I promise, Scot, with a round like this, I'll restrain myself to only one round. Really - I promise!
Chironex
04-18-2009, 05:17 PM
Oban 25-year-old Single Malt for me! Oban 50 if you can find it. Put me down for one bottle per round.
Yikes, I should have known not to mess around with professionals.
Oban 25-year-old Single Malt for me! Oban 50 if you can find it. Put me down for one bottle per round.
I'll go along with that. It's still on Scot, right? The first two rounds, that is. I promise, Scot, with a round like this, I'll restrain myself to only one round. Really - I promise!
Yikes, I should have know not to mess around with professionals.
I take one lousy day to go down the shore fishing and miss all the fun!!!! Can I get in on this party too?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16728&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16728&ppuser=4095)
Regular 14 year old and a 1992 distillers edition.
Oh and another successful thread wreck!!
Caloosamusa
04-18-2009, 06:07 PM
If I ever go to Vegas again, I'll join ya'll for a drink, but I'm a light weight in terms of consumable OH compounds, I was usually the designated driver. Be safe. I prefer Ice Cream Bananas! Well, maybe not.:2239:
lorax
04-18-2009, 06:07 PM
Man, Bob, the '92 distiller's edition was amazing. A client gave me a bottle in lieu of payment once. Le drool. Oban comes from my (highly extended) clan's traditional distillery, so I'm almost automatically partial to it.
lorax
04-18-2009, 06:10 PM
PS,
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/train.jpg
bananimal
04-18-2009, 06:21 PM
Chong,
Where did you pick up the taste for single malt Scots? I got mine living in New York as a kid. Drinking age at the time was 18. Glenmorangie, Glenfiddich ----- need I go on. The most amazing thing for me lately is I have developed a taste for Irish whiskey after all these years. As a young man I thought it tasted like something more suitable for cleaning the bloody bathroom . Jack Higgins set me straight though. I love the stuff. Half Irish you know.
But a good single malt, redolent with peat --- is a treat.
Dan
saltydad
04-18-2009, 11:54 PM
I also find I love Irish. Jameson's 12 year old seems like gold to me. Any other recommendations? For some reason I've never been able to develop a taste for Scotch.
LilRaverBoi
04-19-2009, 12:32 AM
PS,
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/train.jpg
OMG....LMFAO!!!!! You all are too much for me! That's freakin' hilarious!
BTW...don't push America on the party scene....I know someone (me) who will blow your mind with a good laser show! Don't tempt me...it's one of those many things I do!
Gecko
04-19-2009, 12:38 AM
The Irish of my choice is Tullamore Dew. It was the first Irish Whiskey I ever had and It is still my favorite. I love the crock too.
Just my 2 Cents.
Gecko
chong
04-19-2009, 01:08 AM
I take one lousy day to go down the shore fishing and miss all the fun!!!! Can I get in on this party too?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16728&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16728&ppuser=4095)
Regular 14 year old and a 1992 distillers edition.
Bob,
What's your address?
Thanks.
Chong
island cassie
04-19-2009, 01:10 AM
While we are hijacking the thread - as a McDonald - I used to drive up to the Glenfiddich distillery and buy 25 year old Glenmorangie single malt from a numbered barrel for the other (not better you note) half - can't stand the stuff myself!
Lorax - love your train wreck!! Too funny.
lorax
04-19-2009, 01:22 AM
OMG....LMFAO!!!!! You all are too much for me! That's freakin' hilarious!
BTW...don't push America on the party scene....I know someone (me) who will blow your mind with a good laser show! Don't tempt me...it's one of those many things I do!
Hey, we can have a laser sky battle! I did special training in laser light for rock shows during my pyrotechnics intensive. I have my own heads.
I also find I love Irish. Jameson's 12 year old seems like gold to me. Any other recommendations? For some reason I've never been able to develop a taste for Scotch.
Howard, it's super expensive ($125) but if you want great Irish try and find a bottle of Middletons 25 year old. It comes in a wood box that can be used as a humidor when you're done with it. I visited the ancient distillery when I was there on a hunting trip and have always had a bottle on hand since.
Chong, if you ever get this way you're welcome to my ever growing collection of single malts. I just found a new fairly inexpensive one: Singleton($45) that's very good.
lorax, I bought 2 bottles of the '92 abroad for less than 1 bottle of regular here. I'm going to open the first one in May when I go away fishing and take up cigars again for a week. (No witnesses)
Bryan, I wish I were your age again!
Lastly, Island Cassie, always have Glenmorangie and Glenfiddich on hand, very high quality......and sorry to have innocently participated in the wreckage of another good thread.........you had an Ice Cream fruit recently , didn't you?
lorax
04-19-2009, 10:18 AM
It wasn't innocent at all, Bob. It was booze-fuelled if it was anything, and in my experience, the boozy is never as good-intentioned as it seems.
Bob, what's your take on Lagavulin?
alpha010
04-20-2009, 07:23 AM
OMG....LMFAO!!!!! You all are too much for me! That's freakin' hilarious!
BTW...don't push America on the party scene....I know someone (me) who will blow your mind with a good laser show! Don't tempt me...it's one of those many things I do!
Heh, woulda never guessed it from you...... I got the glow stix and a few hot Arabian Sunday Nite Ibiza club mixes with Oakenfold and Khaled!
p.s......Scot, put me down for a sixxxxer of Bud Light and big bottle of anything 100 proof (I'm a cheap date) if you spend more than 30 bucks total for a solid drunk I'm doin somethin wrong!
Shaggy
Greenie
04-20-2009, 08:15 AM
Great Job!!!!!
It wasn't innocent at all, Bob. It was booze-fuelled if it was anything, and in my experience, the boozy is never as good-intentioned as it seems.
Bob, what's your take on Lagavulin?
Haven't tried it yet. Would you recommend it?
lorax
04-20-2009, 10:14 AM
It's a bit heathery for my taste, but if you like that kind of thing...
Bananaman88
04-20-2009, 11:41 AM
I'll try to resist and not join the hijacking gang, fun is it may be.
Poor, Cassie...sorry about your thread! However, it does look like you brought all our alcoholic friends out into the light. There's help for this kind of thing, guys!
alpha010
04-20-2009, 12:07 PM
I'll try to resist and not join the hijacking gang, fun is it may be.
Poor, Cassie...sorry about your thread! However, it does look like you brought all our alcoholic friends out into the light. There's help for this kind of thing, guys!
Sorry Cassie!
Nanaman- you are right, there is help for this kinda thing, Banana Rum! VIVA LA CRUZAN!
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