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chong · 08-30-2009, 11:39 AM

I think that the quoted description from Greenearth, Inc. (Banana Trees Banana Plants), is just a claim by them and not based on actual experience. They only sell TC plants. And as far as I know, there have been no TC done on either TX Star nor CA Gold. There have been other claims by other parties of origins of either of these two varieties, but most of these have been just conjecture.

The person that named the CA Gold has stated that, in fact, he has several Dwarf Orinocos on his property, and he found them to be less cold hardy and less productive than the CA Gold in his area. The purveyors of the TX Star, whose ads I've seen since the very early 70s, gives a separate but parallel account as to its origins as the CA Gold, which only gained prominence in the 90s. While the origins of both varieties are from TX, the specific sources and locations are different.

There was a member of GardenWeb from TX who posted a picture of the TX Star, CA Gold and CA Hardy, side by side, several years ago. The post is still there but the photo is not. I contacted the poster by email for further info, but he has not responded. Fortunately, I remembered saving a copy of the photo, and after going through several older hard drives, I found the photo. I posted that photo in this forum a couple of times.

Since you're doing some homework on these plants, check out also, WeBeBananas' description: ENCANTO FARMS

While I have my own opinions on these varieties, I cannot back them up with results directly from experience. However, I own all 4 varieties, with the added bonus of a couple of TX Stars from TX, in addition to the ones from the Double Tee Nursery.

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chong Senior Member chong's Photo Gallery Location: Seattle, WA Find me on the map! Zone: 8-9 Name: Chong Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,851 BananaBucks : 124,513 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,309 Times Was Thanked 1,702 Times in 759 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 991 Times	Re: Texas Star VS. Califonia Gold I think that the quoted description from Greenearth, Inc. (Banana Trees Banana Plants), is just a claim by them and not based on actual experience. They only sell TC plants. And as far as I know, there have been no TC done on either TX Star nor CA Gold. There have been other claims by other parties of origins of either of these two varieties, but most of these have been just conjecture. The person that named the CA Gold has stated that, in fact, he has several Dwarf Orinocos on his property, and he found them to be less cold hardy and less productive than the CA Gold in his area. The purveyors of the TX Star, whose ads I've seen since the very early 70s, gives a separate but parallel account as to its origins as the CA Gold, which only gained prominence in the 90s. While the origins of both varieties are from TX, the specific sources and locations are different. There was a member of GardenWeb from TX who posted a picture of the TX Star, CA Gold and CA Hardy, side by side, several years ago. The post is still there but the photo is not. I contacted the poster by email for further info, but he has not responded. Fortunately, I remembered saving a copy of the photo, and after going through several older hard drives, I found the photo. I posted that photo in this forum a couple of times. Since you're doing some homework on these plants, check out also, WeBeBananas' description: ENCANTO FARMS While I have my own opinions on these varieties, I cannot back them up with results directly from experience. However, I own all 4 varieties, with the added bonus of a couple of TX Stars from TX, in addition to the ones from the Double Tee Nursery.