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11-21-2013, 09:08 PM | #461 (permalink) |
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Thanks everyone! Peel is definitely thicker than the manzanos that I can buy in the store. (I'll post a picture later) I ate two this morning, I think it needs to be a little ripper (no green at all on the tip, they all still have some) The riper one I had was very good. It was sweet and a little tart with a smooth smooth creamy texture that was slightly firmer than a regular banana. I wouldn't call the flavor "apple", like the manzanos at the store. I'll have to eat a few more and do a real report. So I think we can call it a Brazilian now can't we?
By the way, I left the flower stem on just for that picture. It was a small bunch, so I tried to do something to make it look a little more impressive |
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The only thing not so characteristic of the Brazilian is the shorter fruiting height and the bracts falling off if it is a dwarf. I'll try giving it more food and see if the height gets in line with what is typical for the tall variety. Oh well it tastes good anyway.
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The tall variety can fruit pretty short, 10' or so, if it isn't all that happy.
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Harvested 3 bunches of DB a few weeks before they were due to ripen on the plant so I can have something to sell at the farmers market. Harvested the Gros Michel about a month early (at 3 months) because the plant toppled in some strange southerly wind gusts. In trying to prop it up and save it the bunch snapped off. I'm hoping these ripen properly. I've harvested others at 3.5 months which turned out ok.
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I need to get up on a ladder and grade mine. I bagged them in late August.
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I think when any one fruit is totally yellow it's good to go on namwah. Try them at different stages. I'd think at least the ripest one in that bunch would be decent the next day after the picture.
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For my taste, absolutely not a speck of green and some brown/black on the peel. The more brown/black on the peel, the sweeter they will be.
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Let me revise, I meant good to go on tasting them when all yellow, maybe some green on the pedicel. But I like them more ripe, they probably aren't their best that way, but edible, and since you have a whole bunch, see when you like them best. A some green cavendish or GM is good, but awful on a Namwah. I think some brown is better, then at some point the middle gets corky, as has been mentioned before by caliboy and myself. The taste is still good, but the texture declines.
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