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Rob was generous and passed along some Kru fruit to me, so here are my observations.

The Kru fruit were harvested on the early side, and seemed not fully filled out. The Encanto farms write-up on Kru says ripe & yellow (with red) are best, a stage which we did not get to. The fruit in my kitchen have been developing big soft brown circles that grow rapidly. I've been eating them one a day as the loss of edible parts becomes alarming. This means none has been yellow or the unrotted flesh particularly soft. The one today was yellow-green, vs green-yellow and had what might have been a flush of red on the skin developing. It might also have been some vile red blight. Nah! The last one may actually qualify as yellow by tomorrow morning. (No, it didn't. ) The color of the flesh has become more orange as they ripen, it seems. They have a wonderful smell, one that reminds me of the rather addictive, haunting note in the Rose taste, but clear, not ghostly. I've been cutting them into my breakfast yogurt, and have noticed before, with other less than ripe bananas, that somehow they do develop an occasional ripe flavor as they sit in the yogurt. So, here is the taste verdict:

The bites that taste unripe have that "Red" taste and are pasty, but there were a few bites that made me spontaneously think "Ambrosia!" Yes, that good!!! Really good! A beautiful, full, complex taste. Definitely a sweet banana, but Wowza!!! even to my sour tastes. A healthy ripe fruit would probably make me sing!

Another one for my collection, and it is a real stunner in the garden!