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Originally Posted by Lawler
If I may (anyone?) ask another on the Mysore... make that Pisang Ceylon:
*Are they considered a lady finger banana?
*What is the typical size of the fruit?
I also plan to get a Dwarf Namwah and I'm wondering about size differences or are they both similar in size?
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Just ditch the whole "lady finger" term to avoid confusion.
On average, they are both smaller bananas, i.e., smaller than your grocery store Cavendish. The various Namwah cultivars generally have a bit larger fruit than the Mysore cultivars, but the fruit are pretty similar in size, and a happy Mysore variety might make bigger fruit than a sad Namwah plant.
The tastes are completely different. I much prefer Mysore varieties, but it's hard to beat the vigor of Namwah plants and the frequency at which they fruit. I suspect if you lived in the tropics, they difference in fruit production would be less. Namwah does very well in non-tropical conditions.