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Old 29-06-2007, 06:12 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.gardens
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Default PHOTO OF THE WEEK, Banana Update

In article . com,
Sheldon wrote:

There are about 300 different types of bananas/plantains, few are seen
in the US as many need to ripen on the plant and ripe bananas don't
ship well... none grow on trees (there is no such thing as a banana
tree), they are herbaceous perennials, the world's largest.


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Billy
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