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Old 01-17-2012, 10:30 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Anyone think this is not Orinocco?

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Originally Posted by George Webster View Post
I too am new at this. I have had bananas for a couple of years. I was given bananas by a two friends. I am guessing one is an Orinoco and the other is a dwf Orinoco. You suggest they can be identified by taste?

If I get blooms and fruit this year. What would be the identifying flavor?

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George
Slightly sweet, no acidity(not to me anyway), dryish cakey(fluffy) texture, sometimes with a pithy center. Does not taste like store bought Cavendish variety. All my opinion of course.

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