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- From: Jwlehman@aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] seedless bananas
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:57:42 EDT
In a message dated 4/22/2009 11:26:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mijwiz@yahoo.com writes:
A google image search finds pictures of banana seeds like this:.
http://www.apsnet.org/education/feature/banana/Images/figure4.htm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Inside_a_wild-type_banana.jpg
That last one looks under-ripe. I broke open an ornamental banana in a garden in Mexico, and it had unmistakable black seeds
Thank you very much. Enlightening for sure. Wife and I just returned from a trip on the Amazon River where we had plantains fixed several ways, but mostly roasted. Noticed no seeds and they grow wild along the banks everywhere. We apparently didn't eat those.
Jerry
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Re: [NAFEX] seedless bananas,
Melissa Kacalanos, 04/22/2009
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- Re: [NAFEX] seedless bananas, Jwlehman, 04/22/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] seedless bananas,
Jwlehman, 04/22/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] seedless bananas, Kevin Moore, 04/22/2009
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