Roger,
 
> I grabbed a huge banana off a nearby plant a couple of days ago, thinking
> it was ripe because it was yellowish-brown, with more yellow than brown,
> but couldn't even peel it.  I found out later on it wasn't ripe yet.
> Seems that process was stunted temporarily by the recent cold fronts we
> had come through here the past couple of weeks.
 
Us westerners in general know only one kind of banana ... the yellow-one.
While there are over 40 different kinds in different colours and sizes.
 
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