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Otago Witness, Issue 3885, 28 August 1928, Page 48

The small black specks in cultivated bananas are all that is left of what, in the -wild state, were its seeds. “ The cul* tivated banana which we eat is said to develop seeds in sporadic cases, similar to those of the wild banana,” says Dr B. E. Dahlgren, of the Field Museum of Natural History, “ but I know of no' authentic instance, and such seeds are probably rarer than pearls in oysters, if not aS scarce as hen’s teeth. The chances of finding a. fruit with seeds are apparently not one in many millions, which is fortunate for people who are fond of bananas, as the seeds would prove to be jaw.breakers. They would be black and of the size' and consistency of shoe buttons.” Perhaps when they are discovered the discoverer wonders what it .is all about. It- would be interesting to science if such a find, if it ever occurs, were reportedi