JoeReal

I have in my posession a dwarf mutant of saba and amazingly it is cold hardy, got it by exchanging my California gold pup with a friend in Wilmington Island (you know who). It has been planted to the ground just this spring, was potted and neglected for a while so it did not grow well but have survived the winters outdoors in a pot, usually potted bananas when left outside are more prone to cold damage than those in the ground. Anyway all I have to do is wait for the fruits maybe 2 to 3 years. Indeed it has oblong trunk, have not seen splotches yet, and shows signs of dwarfism, like umbrella leaf type pattern instead of the sword type that grows rapidly. This remains to be confirmed years later.

The other saba that I got elsewhere, they're all dead now or were given away.