There is a prospect of obtaining a new banana other than the two varieties now grown in the Canaries and the West Indies. An experimental consignment of bananas is being sent to England from the Cape, and it is hoped, if they arrive in good marketable condition, that this may lead to regular supplies from South Africa, which already sends large quantities of excellent oranges and lemons, Tho trade reports that what is called the banana habit has caught on with all classes, and there is an increasing demand for the fruit, which has recently been sung into popular favor.
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Evening Star, Issue 18533, 16 January 1924, Page 6
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