venturabananas

You get very hot and dry weather during the summer and pretty darn cold weather in the winter in Rancho Cucamonga, right? You need tough bananas. That rules out Lakatan, Iholena, and dwarf Red. If you want to get it down to 5, ditch Rajapuri like Richard said -- the fruit are smaller but otherwise very similar to Dwarf Brazilian. I know Jon doesn't like dwarf Brazilian, but they do great here in Ventura. They are pretty bulletproof. Their only downside is that they are slow growers. The remaining 5 (Dw. Namwah, Dw. Brazilian, Ice Cream, Mysore/Pisang Klotek, Manzano) are all tough plants with tasty fruit. The flavor of Mysore/Pisang Klotek will blow you away if you haven't had it before.

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