Originally Posted by tanfenton

Hector,

I just had my first High Noon fruit the other day. The plant-crop bunch weight was 73 lbs. Don't be surprised to see thirteen hands on this guy! The top three or four hands on my raceme had about eight-inch (or slightly longer) fingers (very plantain-like dimensions, as I'm sure you'll appreciate). The fruit are a little more fragile than Cavendish types and the peel has more persistently clinging strings, but I find the taste highly comparable; if anything, it toes the line between the creaminess of many of the "alternative" bananas and the dry firmness of the Cavs. Don't let them get spotty or the taste seems to suffer to my palate. They're best consumed immediately at the fully yellow state. They were also terrific boiled with salt and coconut cream about a month out from fully ripe (one of the better dessert bananas I've ever cooked). Congratulations!

Nathaniel