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Old 04-01-2014, 01:32 AM   #21 (permalink)
 
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Default Re: Dwarf Brazilian vs Manzano

I asked Gabe for Manzano, and he gave me Manzano straight from the research center at the University. Gabe has many types of AAB Silk, as seen on his older posts. I believe that he received the majority of his bananas from the Gene Bank.

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Gabe even had the name of the variety of fig. Here is Gabeʻs email to me.

FFM= 'Figue Famille' (AAB Silk). Manzano/"True Apple" type. I never fruited it
so can't much about it except that it is typical of Silk's to have fruit which
remains astringent until very-very ripe, they often need to be practically
falling apart before they no longer taste like a green banana, but then they are
really great and sweet fruits.

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Default Re: Dwarf Brazilian vs Manzano

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Try them when they have some green left on the peel. If they are the typical Silk subgroup "Manzano", they will be astringent and dry your mouth out.
Mine were full yellow, no green and splitting, and you still had to wait till it softened or you end up spitting it out. ASTRINGENT. I did not have any sort of lumpiness.

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