-=> On 07-29-08 12:20, Roy Witt wrote to Cindy Haglund <=-


 CH>  http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/banana.html

 CH>  Not long ago I recieved an article about the rising price of bananas
 CH> and how the Cavendish variety monopolizes the market. Very
 CH> intersting.... perhaps you've seen it.

 RW> I don't pay attention to bananas at this time of year. Some of
 RW> the resins in banana seeds attract mosquitos and I stop eating
 RW> them by early June. (I know, bananas don't have seeds)

they don't? i wonder, then, what all those little dark spots are in the
middle that some recipes say to trim out? ;)

FWIW: yeah, we've grown banana trees from seed... pineapple, too... many
say that it can't be done until we show them it can be :)

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