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JoeReal · 03-21-2007, 02:29 PM

I have all of them planted side by side... And we had a cold of a blast, consistently in the low 20's for about a week, and 20 deg F for more than 6 hours... So this is a fair and simple comparison in my yard.

Dwarf Brazilian's stout trunks remained shiny green through the entire winter. California Gold's outer sheath turned brown as well as Misi Luki, but only one layer. Dwarf Orinoco's two layers of outer sheath turned dry. Raja Puri's three outermost sheath turned black.

Come spring, the first to raise their roll of leaf is Dwarf Brazilian, followed closely by California Gold and Misi Luki, then Dwarf Orinoco. the first to unfold a complete leaf is California Gold. The Dwarf Brazilians are starting to unflod their first leaf completely as of yesterday, the dwarf orinoco is still pushing out a roll of leaf, halfway through there.

Meanwhile, Raja Puri seemed to be asleep.

Except for the Raja Puri, I consider the above mentioned bananas to be really cold hardy in the actual arctic blast this past winter.

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JoeReal Senior Member JoeReal's Photo Gallery Location: Davis, California USDA zone 9 Find me on the map! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,034 BananaBucks : 413,739 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 108 Times Was Thanked 474 Times in 228 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 16 Times	Re: Hardiest edible? CA gold, Raja puri, ornico I have all of them planted side by side... And we had a cold of a blast, consistently in the low 20's for about a week, and 20 deg F for more than 6 hours... So this is a fair and simple comparison in my yard. Dwarf Brazilian's stout trunks remained shiny green through the entire winter. California Gold's outer sheath turned brown as well as Misi Luki, but only one layer. Dwarf Orinoco's two layers of outer sheath turned dry. Raja Puri's three outermost sheath turned black. Come spring, the first to raise their roll of leaf is Dwarf Brazilian, followed closely by California Gold and Misi Luki, then Dwarf Orinoco. the first to unfold a complete leaf is California Gold. The Dwarf Brazilians are starting to unflod their first leaf completely as of yesterday, the dwarf orinoco is still pushing out a roll of leaf, halfway through there. Meanwhile, Raja Puri seemed to be asleep. Except for the Raja Puri, I consider the above mentioned bananas to be really cold hardy in the actual arctic blast this past winter.