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minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoIt’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.
minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoDo they taste any different from the Cavendish?
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThey 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.
RIP Gros Michel 😢
Time for that ×3 mult!
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.
Do they taste any different from the Cavendish?
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.