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Old 10-27-2015, 12:19 PM   #57 (permalink)
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I've tasted a few of these now. They are an improvement on the taste of grocery store Cavendish, but otherwise similar in taste. The mere density of each finger is astounding -- they are heavy for their size. You can't help but notice as you hold and eat one.

The skins do split as they ripen. The photo below is from last night and you can discern a few splits in the upper left. This morning all the yellow fingers have splits.

Overall its been an interesting cultivar to grow. I'm going to pot up the pups for anyone who'd like to try it. Please don't ask me to ship them -- I won't. Nor will I sell them. They're available 1st come 1st serve, any extras will be donated to my local CRFG chapter. In their place I'm going to plant a Gros Michel I obtained from sddarkman.

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