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23 Dec 06 10:30, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN> Roy Witt wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 RW>> I just peeled one from the store and it had a crack to it when I
 RW>> bit off a chunk. Looked like it had a stem running down the middle.
 RW>> It was black and was about a 1/4 inch in diameter. I think these
 RW>> are from Brazil.

 RN> They probably are.  The home-grown ones in this area are sweeter than
 RN> the store-bought ones.

They have sweet bananas here for .40 cents a pound more than the regulars.

 RW>> They're pretty hardy, but if you have frost during the fall and
 RW>> winter that lasts a long time, they probably wouldn't last long.
 RW>> They would survive though if you take them in. They live here
 RW>> because the weather isn't that cold for very long when it does get
 RW>> cold here.

 RN> No frost yet, although we should have had it a couple of weeks ago
 RN> when the temps dropped into the high-20s.

It's got to stay around longer. A couple of weeks of that should do it.

               R\%/itt




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