Reccommended Varieties.

Footache · 10-02-2017, 11:20 AM

I live in zone 10a and have several ice cream bananas that are providing us with excellent tasting fruit.I have space for another two types.What would you reccommend.I would like the other two to be a completly different flavor but still excellent quality.Thank you in advance.

sputinc7 · 10-02-2017, 01:08 PM

If you can find one, get Paggi... great banana. It's difficult to describe, tart n sweet... Berry-ish flavor. Have you ever tried an apple banana (Manzano)? Many stores in Florida sell them. They are very different. So are Brazilians. There are a few ideas. Hope it helps.

Richard · 10-02-2017, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Footache

I live in zone 10a and have several ice cream bananas that are providing us with excellent tasting fruit.

If the skins aren't blue then you're growing Namwa -- commonly mislabeled as ice cream.

Botanical_Bryce · 10-02-2017, 05:40 PM

SH 3640, Sucrier, and Gran Nain

Botanical_Bryce · 10-02-2017, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard

If the skins aren't blue then you're growing Namwa -- commonly mislabeled as ice cream.

Namwah can have bluish skin as well.

sputinc7 · 10-02-2017, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce

Namwah can have bluish skin as well.

Bluish, yes, but the real Ice Cream bananas are BLUE, not bluish... Very distinctive coloring.

Richard · 10-02-2017, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce

Namwah can have bluish skin as well.

Spoken like a true salesman

Richard · 10-02-2017, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sputinc7

Bluish, yes, but the real Ice Cream bananas are BLUE, not bluish... Very distinctive coloring.

Like this:

Botanical_Bryce · 10-03-2017, 04:10 PM

Yes namwah can be just a bluish as Blue Java. Blue Java is not always super blue. It depends on growing conditions. I was trying to find the post where a ladies Namwah was identified by the experts on here as Blue Java in Tampa. Was not until she showed the flesh that nobody knew the difference.

Tytaylor77 · 10-04-2017, 02:34 AM

I would say get a Mysore type. Excellent banana taste and will grow great in your area! If you like the sweet namwa you have, you may like a Musa Nino. For an excellent tasting fruity flavor banana get a Musa Iholena. Like the dwarf white, red, or Musa Tigua. Excellent banana! I hope mine make it for winter this year! Tigua is an amazing grower for me!

beam2050 · 10-04-2017, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Footache

I live in zone 10a and have several ice cream bananas that are providing us with excellent tasting fruit.I have space for another two types.What would you reccommend.I would like the other two to be a completly different flavor but still excellent quality.Thank you in advance.

Dorothy me thinks you might have stepped in a rabbit hole.

Footache · 10-05-2017, 09:40 AM

Thanks so much for everyones help in picking another couple of varieties. Ive uploaded some more photographs of those ice cream /namwa bananas or whatever they are in my gallery if anyone wants to take a look.

Tytaylor77 · 10-06-2017, 03:11 AM

You have the real blue java! Very nice! Do you know where you acquired the plant from? Very nice bunches also. Very large for blue java!

About how long do they take to fill/ripen for you? 4 months or so?

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sputinc7 Location: Palm Bay, Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Steve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,392 BananaBucks : 51,058 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 352 Times Was Thanked 2,341 Times in 965 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 295 Times	Re: Reccommended Varieties. If you can find one, get Paggi... great banana. It's difficult to describe, tart n sweet... Berry-ish flavor. Have you ever tried an apple banana (Manzano)? Many stores in Florida sell them. They are very different. So are Brazilians. There are a few ideas. Hope it helps. __________________ If you lose your head and give up, you neither live nor win. https://sputinc7.wixsite.com/covwc Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel. What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

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Footache Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 11 BananaBucks : 3,751 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 13 Times in 4 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Reccommended Varieties. Thanks so much for everyones help in picking another couple of varieties. Ive uploaded some more photographs of those ice cream /namwa bananas or whatever they are in my gallery if anyone wants to take a look.

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Tytaylor77 Banana Plants for Trade Location: East Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Name: Ty Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,293 BananaBucks : 24,797 Feedback: 10 / 100% Said "Thanks" 4,341 Times Was Thanked 3,335 Times in 1,103 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 415 Times	Re: Reccommended Varieties. You have the real blue java! Very nice! Do you know where you acquired the plant from? Very nice bunches also. Very large for blue java! About how long do they take to fill/ripen for you? 4 months or so? __________________ 150+ Varieties!!. See profile for list. Help me add more! CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES OF MY MUSA COLLECTION! www.bananapups.com

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