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[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One bad thing: it's all just clones so now it's extremely vulnerable to one kind of fungus, much like the gros michel banana it faces near extinction

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Depending on where you live, there's quite a few varieties available on the market

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

My local Acme carried red bananas for a while. They are fucking delicious, taste more like a banana custard than a regular yellow banana. They're also a bit smaller so less of a commitment to carbo-loading when you peel one. I wouldn't mind at all if they became the new standard banana, even if it would kind of ruin Mario Kart.

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

even if it would kind of ruin Mario Kart.

hell no! get your priorities straight.

^/s^

[-] Chakravanti@monero.town 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Isn't that exactly the reason that the banana ended your attempt? You could bent your move but straight is some kind of paradigmic ideology that you _fear_to save your own life?

Edit: I mean, I wish I could be sarcastic about that expression but do mind that I do recognize that you, personally, aren't the target of my reply. I mean to simply validate the significance of the sarcasm you so well express!

[-] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Soon we'll all be able to grow bananas.

[-] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not here around the world, maybe in your banana republic.

We have atleast 10 varities in our country.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

half of those plaintaines?

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago

Time for that ×3 mult!

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

It's not lost forever. They have seeds in the global seed vault, and there's a few small growers still producing them.

You can actually buy a box of them still. They're expensive as all hell, but you can do it.

Get a few friends together and put some money into a pot, then buy a box and have a banana party.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Do they taste any different from the Cavendish?

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

They do. Ever have "banana flavor" stuff that doesn't seem to taste anything like a banana?

.... well, it does, it just doesn't taste like a Cavendish banana. It most likely resembles the tates of the gros michel.

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