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Old 10-26-2022, 06:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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A quick way to understand how cold hardy a banana is probably going to be is to look at it's genotype.

'A' = acuminata
'B' = balbisiana

The balbisiana gene is more cold hardy than the acuminata.

Kokopo is an 'AA'

Dwarf Namwah is an 'ABB'

Here's a link to the USDA catalog

https://www.ars.usda.gov/southeast-a...usda-ars-tars/
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