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Old 05-05-2015, 02:02 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Dwarf apple?

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Originally Posted by Fish Asante View Post
I am still trying to understand and differentiate a true apple, silk banana, and the Brazilian apple banana, if this is even right.
True apple (Manzano) is in the Silk subgroup, which contains other similar cultivars, including Silk. Brazilian (="Hawaiian Apple") is in the Pome subgroup. Both subgroups have AAB genomes. The fruit of Pome and Silk bananas are easy to tell apart when you're eating them, but I don't find the plants easy to tell apart.
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