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Beautiful!

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My second Orinoco--rats were starting to eat the naners!

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Nada. But Goldfinger and Golden Pillow getting close.

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I cut one hand of the Raji Puri that bloomed in July, I will let it ripen indoors.

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Tony - those Goldfinger look superb - how did they taste?

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To me the Goldfinger were better than the Ice Cream

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The day before Christmas eve I harvested my SH 3640 bunch so I could distribute them to family at Christmas!



I wish you all a prosperous New Year with lots of bunches! :2239:

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Looking good!
How do they taste?
:woohoonaner:

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They are still green yet, it may be a week before I can answer that question.
:-) !! :2239:

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That would be a great New Year desert!
:woohoonaner:

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Just to add a couple of better pictures.





I can't wait till they ripen completely! :2239:

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Congrats!

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Ice Cream

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I see some splitting there, and I'm thinking that heavy rain just before a bunch ripens causes this. My last bunch of Hawaiian Apples started splitting even before cutting the bunch, but I have found that if you separate the hands it will slow down the splitting.

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There is a lot of splitting and we had the heavy rains a couple of weeks ago.

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Yeah, it seems like in the summer when there is no rain my fruits never split. Cutting the bunch before they ripen on the plant might help some too.

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I wanna try an ice cream banana so bad i wish you could buy these at the store.

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I can't wait to try them also. I should have a flower(s) in the spring!

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The is the first bunch of Misi Luki to ripen for me, and also the first bunch harvested in 2010! You might remember this bunch from the Misi Luki contest. Notice the early splitting. This is from the last rains we had and the little bit of warm weather since then.

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It is cutting off time, right?
Waiting for a taste report :ha:.
:woohoonaner:

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Tomorrow my wife will help me harvest them but I think it will be a few more days until they are ripe enough to eat. :drum:

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I cut another hand of Raji Puri--still green but starting to get a little yellow blush. They are the best tasting banana I have ever eaten--not that I have eaten a lot of varieties--yet.

I am glad I learned about cutting one hand at a time--I would hate to have to eat 59 naners in just a few days--even if they are the best.

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what do the raja puri taste like?

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They are not as astringent as store bought naners when they are firm. They have a mild tart flavor when firm.

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:2200: I started eating the ripe SH 3640 :-) !!! They have excellent flavor! Some of my relatives made Pasteles and Alcapurrias with green ones when they first received them. They said that were softer than plaintain but they came out very tasty!



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Congrats!

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The fruit ended up being only 3" long.

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How does it taste and what sort of texture does it have?

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A little tart and creamy.

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Yum! This definitely beats my radishes

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Praying Hands Bananas..the weather conditions that we had for almost 2 weeks was to blame…for early harvest.
Flag leaf date: Nov/10-15/2009
Harvest date:Jan/20/2010
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In that state of growth you should be able to peal, grind the flesh and make pastles! Congratulations! :2239:

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Still looks like a nice harvest, Emily!

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LOVE the Praying Hands!!! :D ~Cheryl

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What is the ideal time frame for harvesting PH.?
I am boiling a couple right now anyway ... comments about it flavor and texture of the fruit are always positive.

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Nicely done Emily, the time scale from fruiting til the fruit was ripe is laso interesting. Thanks for pics and info.

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Love it !it kind of taste like a plantain that I try in south America in a trip call by the locals “Topocho”

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:woohoonaner:
Interesting,lol, if I show this pics to average citizen in Croatia, with cooked bananas served with cheese, I have many reasons to belive that they would burn me as heretics in dark ages:ha::ha::ha:
I have to try that once!

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Where do you come up with this stuff:ha::ha:

try with some olives then!

Congrats So Be Musa... well done!:woohoonaner:

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Is a popular trio here in Miami and many Latin America countries.. Plantain or Banana either boil ,fried or bake ripe or green. with fresh white chesse and Guava paste(It could be guava or any other type of solid fruit marmalade)...!

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Two fingers from an unknown

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Cool, how did you acquire the plant?

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This was one I acquired from Matt in SD.

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Early harvest,
Cold temperatures and strong winds forced upon my Saba banana were the reason .
Planted as a very small pup Dec/23/2007
Flag leaf Sep/21/2009
Harvest Feb/26/2010

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Throve one hand here:ha:
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Is all this matt from that one pup?

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LOL, those hands look terrible, maybe she should pack them all and send it to the Europe, why bother eating so damaged and unripe fruit. ;) :ha:

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Early harvest too!!! and they didn't look good either but they where very sweet..
Cold temperatures and strong winds forced upon my FHIA-18 banana were the reason .
Flag leaf Sep/27/2009
Harvest Feb/27/2010

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Very small pup indeed...:goteam::goteam:
all this matt came from this pup..and here is pic to prove it :woohoonaner:

Also is the pic in my avatar..!the beginning of the banana insanity..!!

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