Musa California Gold
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Cultivar Name
Musa 'California Gold'
Synonyms
Pictures
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Description
One of the cold hardiest edible bananas. This banana was first obtained by Jef Earl from Texas during the 1990's. This banana close relatives has been grown all over in Central Mexico and the cold-hardy ones in Texas and was called 'Hardy Mexican Apple Banana' altough it is not related to the banana Manzano or banana Apple-cultivar. California gold is more related to 'dwarf orinoco. California gold differ a bit from dwarf orinoco in the california gold generally fruit between 4ft to 7f at the pseudostem, while dwarf orinoco fruit at 6ft tall or more at the pseudostem. California gold fruits are more rounded It is one of the first to start growing in the spring, about the same time as Musa Basjoo
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Origin
Mexico
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Usage
Flowering
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Cultivation
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Known Afflictions
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Research Notes
- Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:
- Typical Price Range - $44.00 to $150.07 on eBay in 2007 with about 12 pups sold thus far.
Members Growing This Banana
External
- Links
- (Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: International Banana Society)
- Sources
