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I would think that the seeded fruit would be fatter, but I am not sure about that. I have read some about other plants being cross pollinated and the fruiting pods etc. appear a little different, or the seed size is different because it contains a different type of embryo. I am pretty sure the skinny ones are the fruit I pollinated, and I hope this thing hurries up and ripens before frost so I get to see. The self pollinating thing seems to be true because my velutina will form fruit, and I just harvested seeds a couple of days ago, but I imagine they are receptive to outside pollination. Thats the reason i was curious about the small fruits and wondered if that is a normal occurrence with bananas. I for sure got some pollen off the velutina, and you could see the powder on the pistil of the Orinoco flowers. I think a Velutina x Orinoco would be pretty interesting with the cold hardiness that both have. I ate some of the Velutina and tastes like a tart store bought banana, but very seeded.

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