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Old 03-29-2006, 10:12 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: ID help!

It did make fruit. That is why it looks like a cavendish type. Many things affect fruit size and quantity of fruit: variety, weather, water, fertilizer, and stress (particularly just before flowering), and possibly the affect of all of these on the pup when it was small.. Stress can come from poor water or nutrition, from removing pups and disturbing roots in the months prior to flowering.

Having said all that, there are other varieties which are better producers, such as GoldFinger, Sweetheart, Misi Luki, FHIA17, the Namwahs, etc. I have not had a Cavendish type that was a stellar producer (Dwarf, Williams, Valery, etc) though Valery has done the best. Also, in general, in my experience, the taller varieties produce better than the dwarf or shorter varieties.
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