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Old 09-11-2010, 07:04 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: G'day to banana producers, traders and consumers

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Originally Posted by Richard View Post
Yes, 3 weeks is a very long time for bananas, unless they are picked unripe and then gassed at your end. Of course, this defeats the entire purpose of getting a great tasting banana. Specialty bananas are being grown on a small commercial scale in southern France, western Morocco, Israel, and possibly elsewhere near you but that is the extent of my knowledge.
Of course they are ripened at their overseas destination, is there anything unusual about that?

Currently most nor all bananas at European retailers are from Central America and I wonder if someone from e.g. India, which is the largest banana producer in the world, wanted to tap into that market.
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