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How Things Go
December 28, 2006
So, the subject of purple bananas came up here, and in an attempt to discern the truth from the myth, I ran across this essay, which magically mentions McGreevy's (the dance club I, and evidently the author of the article, used to hang out at) AND purple bananas in one essay. How funny!
But I'm still not having any luck determining the veracity of the assertion (by Monk) that all bananas used to be purple, but they were bred to be yellow. Does anyone else know the answer to that one?
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partially true.
http://www.banana.com/farming.html
"Bananas do not grow simply from seed. Man intervened long ago and crossed two varieties of African wild bananas, the Musa acuminata and the Musa baalbisiana, got rid of the many seeds that were an unpleasant presence, and improved the flavor and texture from hard and unappetizing to its present soft and irresistibly sweet flavor. "
Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish'
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/532/index.html
thats where the purple comes in. see the pictures.
unless by chance it was a discussion on plantations (the fruit not the farm).
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