Not here around the world, maybe in your banana republic.
We have atleast 10 varities in our country.
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kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 days ago
One bad thing: it’s all just clones so now it’s extremely vulnerable to one kind of fungus, much like the cavendish banana it faces near extinction
synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 days ago
RIP Gros Michel 😢
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Time for that ×3 mult!
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
It’s not lost forever. They have seeds in the global seed vault, and there’s a few small growers still producing them.
You can actually buy a box of them still. They’re expensive as all hell, but you can do it.
Get a few friends together and put some money into a pot, then buy a box and have a banana party.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Do they taste any different from the Cavendish?
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
They do. Ever have “banana flavor” stuff that doesn’t seem to taste anything like a banana?
… well, it does, it just doesn’t taste like a Cavendish banana. It most likely resembles the tates of the gros michel.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Depending on where you live, there’s quite a few varieties available on the market
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My local Acme carried red bananas for a while. They are fucking delicious, taste more like a banana custard than a regular yellow banana. They’re also a bit smaller so less of a commitment to carbo-loading when you peel one. I wouldn’t mind at all if they became the new standard banana, even if it would kind of ruin Mario Kart.
meekah@lemmy.world 3 days ago
hell no! get your priorities straight.
^/s^
Chakravanti@monero.town 3 days ago
Isn’t that exactly the reason that the banana ended your attempt? You could bent your move but straight is some kind of paradigmic ideology that you _fear_to save your own life?
Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Soon we’ll all be able to grow bananas.