View Full Version : Any Sources For Detailed Banana Information?
BullShark
07-28-2009, 05:08 PM
I'd like to learn more about the history, lore and other information surrounding the different types of banana but it seems most sites only like to tell you they're sweet and taste good. In fact many sites are just copying and pasting from other sites so there isn't even much original composition out there. Does anybody have any sources for information on the banana varieties that go a little deeper than "they taste good?"
conejov
07-28-2009, 05:22 PM
http://http://www.bananas.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AllpagesTheres the Wiki
BullShark
07-28-2009, 06:27 PM
I do flip through the wiki from time to time. The only problem is it's kind of sparse too. Part of why I'm looking for more information would be to help flesh out the wiki.
coast crab
07-28-2009, 07:36 PM
I don't mean to raise the gift horse's tail, but I thought the info in wiki was mighty sparse and incomplete too. There is such a wealth of knowledge in this membership I can't imagine why.
Russell
Richard
07-28-2009, 11:10 PM
Banana Books, Book Reviews, & Other Reading Material - Bananas.org (http://www.bananas.org/f301/)
BullShark
07-29-2009, 12:34 AM
Somehow I missed that. It looks like there's a few promising leads.
Bananaman88
07-29-2009, 06:23 AM
One of our members (Bob) has written an excellent two part article on the history of United Fruit for Bananas Quarterly. Of course, you'll have to subscribe to read it all! Part I was in Issue #1 and Part II will be in the upcoming issue. You could also do an internet search for "history of the banana" and you'll have hours of stuff to read.
lorax
07-29-2009, 08:16 AM
Equally, Bananas Quarterly also contains detailed cultivar profiles in each issue, which give the background and cultivation needs of various types of banana - between two and four cultivars are featured each quarter.
ewitte
07-29-2009, 08:39 AM
You could also do an internet search for "history of the banana" and you'll have hours of stuff to read.
LMAO
.: A peculiar history of the banana. (http://a-glaswegian.blogspot.com/2009/07/peculiar-history-of-banana.html)
One quote
"He claimed that women loved to eat bananas and that a banana was naturally for women. Any man who ate banana without slicing it into little discs was 'highly suspicious', prone to effeminacy, lecherous deeds, and should not be trusted in friendship, marriage or financial matters."
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