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ron_mcb
PlantamAAn
Registered: January 2009
Location: Central Georgia
Posts: 1004
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Tue September 6, 2011 7:31am
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Rating: 10.00
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yeah i think ice cream/blue java is the most misrepresented variety in the hobby. i think about less than half of everyone who think they are growing java have the real deal.
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naw mek smaddi ditate fi yuh. naw wan gwan a pawty yuh naggo. 
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venturabananas
Registered: July 2010
Location: Ventura, CA
Posts: 2845
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Tue September 6, 2011 7:37am
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Agreed. Wouldn't surprise me if it was even less than half. My guess is that the folks doing the TC got the wrong plant to TC and then all the nurseries propagate it without asking any questions about its ID.
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Raules
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Irkutsk, Russia
Posts: 5699
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Tue September 6, 2011 11:30am
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Rating: 10.00
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kcj1219
Registered: June 2009
Location: Hales Corners, WI
Posts: 299
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Tue September 6, 2011 9:46pm
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Rating: 10.00
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Which also means the real ones are probably rare if you try to get one from a nursery. What are the 'true' characteristic differences? The real ice cream sure is a good looking banana.
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:nanadrink: KJ
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venturabananas
Registered: July 2010
Location: Ventura, CA
Posts: 2845
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Tue September 6, 2011 10:30pm
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The true blue java usually (not always) has fruit that are more blue than anything else you've seen, they are more angular in cross section than the rounder fruits of the "fake Ice Cream" being sold, and the hands of fruit are more widely spaced. I'm sure there are other different characteristics, too. I honestly don't know how the tastes compare, since I've never eaten a true Ice Cream / Blue Java fruit -- yet! Someday.
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kcj1219
Registered: June 2009
Location: Hales Corners, WI
Posts: 299
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Wed September 7, 2011 12:12am
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Anything different about the plant? Looks like no pink. Good pics!
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:nanadrink: KJ
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ez
Registered: June 2010
Location: Pompano Beach, Florida
Posts: 1175
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Tue November 5, 2013 9:58am
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Rating: 10.00
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