Comments on: The End of Bananas http://benlog.com/articles/2007/01/30/the-end-of-bananas/ security, privacy, transparency. Thu, 17 May 2012 19:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Richard Harding http://benlog.com/articles/2007/01/30/the-end-of-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-11956 Richard Harding Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:36:08 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/01/30/the-end-of-bananas/#comment-11956 You're quite right with all the above - and in fact, there are no seeds in the bananas we eat because they were specifically bred out of them for eating purposes. Many wild strains of bananas have huge, indigestible and inedible seeds in them, and it's these strains they're trying to cross breed to produce viable seeds to develop new strains. In fact, one of the alternate varieties of banana available today does actually taste like apples. I wrote a similar article on my site, with most of the main points you covered and few others <a href="http://www.freshfoodcentral.com/featureview.php?fid=6" rel="nofollow">here</a> PS Like the header pic (Acer leaf)! You’re quite right with all the above – and in fact, there are no seeds in the bananas we eat because they were specifically bred out of them for eating purposes. Many wild strains of bananas have huge, indigestible and inedible seeds in them, and it’s these strains they’re trying to cross breed to produce viable seeds to develop new strains.

In fact, one of the alternate varieties of banana available today does actually taste like apples.

I wrote a similar article on my site, with most of the main points you covered and few others here

PS Like the header pic (Acer leaf)!

]]> By: Richard Harding http://benlog.com/articles/2007/01/30/the-end-of-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-631899 Richard Harding Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:36:00 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/01/30/the-end-of-bananas/#comment-631899 You're quite right with all the above - and in fact, there are no seeds in the bananas we eat because they were specifically bred out of them for eating purposes. Many wild strains of bananas have huge, indigestible and inedible seeds in them, and it's these strains they're trying to cross breed to produce viable seeds to develop new strains. In fact, one of the alternate varieties of banana available today does actually taste like apples. I wrote a similar article on my site, with most of the main points you covered and few others <a href="http://www.freshfoodcentral.com/featureview.php?fid=6" rel="nofollow">here</a> PS Like the header pic (Acer leaf)! You’re quite right with all the above – and in fact, there are no seeds in the bananas we eat because they were specifically bred out of them for eating purposes. Many wild strains of bananas have huge, indigestible and inedible seeds in them, and it’s these strains they’re trying to cross breed to produce viable seeds to develop new strains.

In fact, one of the alternate varieties of banana available today does actually taste like apples.

I wrote a similar article on my site, with most of the main points you covered and few others here

PS Like the header pic (Acer leaf)!

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