THE BANANA BERRY
That the well-known banana is a berry will probably be a surprise to many people. • Such, however, is the case, and will naturally lead to the question: Where are the seeds? The numerous little dark "specks"- one sees down the centre of the fruit are all that remains of them. The-true seeds of the banana trees are really as large as v orange pips, but through intensive cultivation have become, almost lost. The wild banana has these. larger seeds, and consequently there is less of the succulent portion of the fruit, which we find so delicious and palatable. In the banana plantations new trees are grown from cuttings of the older ones, so that bananas which we buy in the shops are the product of careful cultivation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1938, Page 20
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130THE BANANA BERRY Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1938, Page 20
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