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Old 08-30-2015, 03:17 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Default Re: Bluefield Banana Variety (Hawaii)?

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The book doesn't give references and is designed to be consumer friendly and only has minimal endnotes..
Sounds like a coffee table book.

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While Dwarf Cavendish was grown, the book states that Williams was brought here in 1954 and became the predominant replacement for GM groves that were decimated around 1950...
"It was introduced in Hawaii in 1953, where it soon replaced Chinese Cavendish in commercial plantations ..."

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