"banana wine is made commercially by fermenting peeled, mashed, ripe bananas. Water (to dilute the rather thick banana mash), wine yeast and sugar is added to the ""banana mash"". The traditional banana beer processing (as described in the banana beer page and in Blocker et al. (2001)) is different from commercial banana wine processing. For example, the process of making banana wine used by Banana Investment Ltd. is as follows: In commercial production, ‘Cavendish’ bananas are used, while in informal production, a variety of cultivars, including both cooking and beer East African Highland bananas, ‘Pisang awak’, ‘Gros Michel’ and Apple"
"Blue Java banana The Blue Java (also known as Ice Cream banana, Hawaiian banana, Ney Mannan, Krie, or Cenizo) is a hardy, cold tolerant banana cultivar known for its sweet aromatic fruit which is said to have an ice cream like consistency and flavor reminiscent of vanilla. The Blue Java banana is a triploid (ABB) hybrid of the seeded banana ""Musa balbisiana"" and ""Musa acuminata"". Its accepted name is ""Musa acuminata"" × ""balbisiana"" (ABB Group) 'Blue Java'. Synonyms include: In Hawaii it is known as the 'Ice Cream banana' and in Fiji as the 'Hawaiian banana'. It is also called"
"of vitamin A, a great source of vitamin C, potassium, dietary fiber and manganese, and a good source of folate, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B (thiamin), copper, tryptophan, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin B (niacin) and vitamin B (pantothenic acid). It is also a source of iron and beta-carotene. Usually, the darker the skin is, the higher the beta-carotene content. Cucurbita maxima Cucurbita argyrosperma Cucurbita moschata Cucurbita pepo Winter squash Winter squash is an annual fruit representing several squash species within the genus ""Cucurbita"". It differs from summer squash in that it is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage"
"Winter squash Winter squash is an annual fruit representing several squash species within the genus ""Cucurbita"". It differs from summer squash in that it is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage when the seeds within have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. At this stage, most varieties of this fruit can be stored for use during the winter. Winter squash is generally cooked before being eaten and the skin or rind is not usually eaten as it is with summer squash. In New Zealand and Australian English, the term ""pumpkin"" generally refers to"
"variety would be named. The trees grow upright, but often have branches bent or broken by heavy fruiting at the ends. It is widely grown in Florida, where it matures in January to March. Citrus scab and alternaria fungus disease attack Murcotts. The Murcott is one parent of the Clementine-like hybrid variously called the Afourer, Nadorcott or W. Murcott cultivar, the other parent being unknown. Murcott (fruit) The Murcott (marketed as: Honey Tangerine) is a tangor, or mandarin–sweet orange hybrid. The Murcott arose out of citrus pioneer Walter Tennyson Swingle's attempts to produce novel citrus hybrids. Its seed parent has"
"Bananas were hung from nooses around the campus of American University in May 2017 after the student body elected its first black woman student government president. The Unicode standard includes the emoji character . Banana A banana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ""Musa"". In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called ""plantains"", distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind,"
"bananas. They have a slightly acidic, apple-like flavor. In older classifications, the Latundan cultivar was once the plant referred to as ""Musa sapientum"". It has since been discovered that ""Musa sapientum"" is actually a hybrid cultivar of the wild seeded bananas ""Musa balbisiana"" and ""Musa acuminata"" and not a species. The Latundan banana is a triploid (AAB) hybrid. Its full name is ""Musa acuminata"" × ""M. balbisiana"" (AAB Group) 'Silk'. Latundan bananas are popular dessert bananas. They are also cultivated as ornamental plants. Latundan banana Latundan bananas (also called Tundan, silk bananas, Pisang raja sereh, Manzana bananas or apple bananas),"
"be recognized as distinct by different authorities. The most important clones for fruit production include: 'Dwarf Cavendish', 'Grande Naine', 'Lacatan' (""bungulan""), 'Poyo', 'Valéry', and 'Williams' under one system of cultivar classification. Another classification includes: 'Double', 'Dwarf Cavendish', 'Extra Dwarf Cavendish', 'Grande Naine', 'Pisang Masak Hijau' (syn 'Lacatan'), and 'Giant Cavendish' as a group of several difficult to distinguish cultivars (including 'Poyo', 'Robusta', 'Valéry', & 'Williams'). 'Grande Naine' is the most important clone in international trade, while 'Dwarf Cavendish' is the most widely grown clone. 'Grande Naine' is also known as Chiquita banana. Cavendish bananas accounted for 47% of global banana"
"Annona reticulata Annona reticulata is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the plant family Annonaceae. It is best known for its fruit, called custard apple, a common name it shares with fruits of several other species in the same genus: ""A. cherimola"" and ""A. squamosa"" or sometimes it is called wild-sweetsop, bull's heart, bullock's-heart, or ox-heart. The flavor of the fruit is sweet and pleasant, but less popular than that of ""A. cherimola"". It is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree reaching to tall with an open, irregular crown. Possibly a native of the Caribbean and Central America, ""Annona"
"for winter eating. Ariane (apple) 'Ariane' is a modern cultivar of domesticated apple that was recently developed in France for scab resistance. 'Ariane' is mainly served as a dessert apple because of its mild pleasant flavour. The skin has an attractive combination of yellow and red colours. It was developed by Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) by crossing a hybrid of 'Florina' x 'Prima' with pollen from 'Golden Delicious'. Besides good resistance to scab, it does quite well with other apple diseases. Fruit keeps fresh three months or more. Fruit is ripening in late summer, and is delicious"
"Banana A banana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ""Musa"". In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called ""plantains"", distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild"
"dessert bananas are now known to refer to hybrids, rather than natural species. It is known today that most cultivated seedless bananas are hybrids or polyploids of two wild banana species - ""Musa acuminata"" and ""Musa balbisiana"". Linnaeus' ""Musa sapientum"" is now identified to be the hybrid Latundan cultivar (""M."" × ""paradisiaca"" AAB Group 'Silk'), while his ""Musa paradisiaca"" are now known to be hybrids belonging generally to the AAB and ABB banana cultivar groups. Hybridization and polyploidy was the cause of much confusion in the taxonomy of the genus ""Musa"" that was not resolved until the 1940s and 1950s."
"California, Nevada, and Maryland. These states produce a variety depending on the region, including Cavendish, Bluggoe, Ice Cream, Goldfinger, Lady Finger, Red Dacca, Latundan, Pisano Awak, and Balbisinia subtypes. Independent banana cultivation in the United States is diverse, with some areas of the country able to sustain fields of a wide variety of banana trees perennially or near-perennially, similar to a plantation system. This is most notable (outside of Florida and Hawaii) in Texas, Louisiana, California, Arizona, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and coastal North Carolina. In other areas of the country (northern Arkansas, southern Missouri, mountain Tennessee, southern Kansas,"
"Abyssinian Banana (""Ensete ventricosum""), and is not as well known. Ensete glaucum Ensete glaucum, the snow banana, has also been classified as ""Musa nepalensis"", ""Ensete giganteum"", or ""Ensete wilsonii"". The tree is native to China, Nepal, India, Myanmar (Burma), and Thailand. It grows from in elevation. ""Ensete glaucum"" has a thick, waxy and blue, solitary trunk. It grows larger than the Abyssinian Banana (""Ensete ventricosum""). Its leaves are long and wide. The plant is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for its unique swollen bulbous base and large leaves. It is easy to raise from seed. It is an extremely fast"
"snow willow (""Salix reticulata""), bog bilberry (""Vaccinium uliginosum"" var. ""alpinum""), lingonberry (""V. vitis-idaea"" var. ""minus""), alpine bearberry (""Arctostaphylos alpina""), alpine bistort (""Persicaria vivipara""), Arctic bell-heather (""Cassiope tetragona"") and northern white mountain avens (""Dryas integrifolia"") and var. ""lilacina"" in moist mossy tundra heaths, alongside such plants as American dwarf birch, snow willow, Arctic bell-heather and northern white mountain avens. It is mycorrhizal, the fruiting bodies are found in deciduous and coniferous woodlands in summer and autumn. Within these locations, fruiting bodies may be found in grassy areas and near pathways, or often on rich, bare soil that has been disturbed at"
"which will become dark-coloured fruit on the strawberry. The fruit of the wild strawberry is smaller than that of the garden strawberry (""Fragaria × ananassa""). Botanically, the fruit is classified as an aggregate accessory fruit, but it is commonly called a berry. Virginia strawberry The Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry, or common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) is one of two species of wild strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern domesticated garden strawberry. Its natural range is confined to North America, in the United States (including Alaska) and Canada, although a popular variety called ""Little Scarlet"" is grown only in Great"
"featuring hot days and cool nights. The northern California horticulturist Albert Etter had success with it as the cornerstone of a program to breed pink- and red-fleshed apple cultivars. By 1928, he was far enough along that he published a report in the ""Pacific Rural Press"" in which he described two open-pollinated descendants of Surprise that had pink or red flesh. One of these, Redflesh Winter Banana (so named for both its internal and its external appearance) is said to have been his personal favorite among a total of some 30 pink- and red-fleshed varieties that emerged from his breeding"
"Banana passionfruit Banana passionfruit is the fruit of several plants in the genus ""Passiflora"", and is therefore related to the passion fruit. They look somewhat like a straight, small banana with rounded ends. It was given this name in New Zealand, where passionfruit are also prevalent. In Hawaii, it is called banana poka. In its Latin American homeland, it is known as curuba, curuba de Castilla, or curuba sabanera blanca (Colombia); taxo, tacso, tagso, tauso (Ecuador); parcha, taxo (Venezuela), tumbo or curuba (Bolivia); tacso, tumbo, tumbo del norte, trompos, tintin or purpur (Peru). There are several species of banana passion"
"fruit consumption. These are propagated asexually from offshoots. The plant is allowed to produce two shoots at a time; a larger one for immediate fruiting and a smaller ""sucker"" or ""follower"" to produce fruit in 6–8 months. As a non-seasonal crop, bananas are available fresh year-round. In global commerce in 2009, by far the most important cultivars belonged to the triploid AAA group of ""Musa acuminata"", commonly referred to as Cavendish group bananas. They accounted for the majority of banana exports, despite only coming into existence in 1836. The cultivars Dwarf Cavendish and Grand Nain (Chiquita Banana) gained popularity in"
"of several banana species cultivated as an ornamental plant, for its striking shape and foliage. In temperate regions it requires protection in winter, as it does not tolerate temperatures below . The cultivar ""M. acuminata"" (AAA Group) 'Dwarf Cavendish' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Musa acuminata Musa acuminata is a species of banana native to Southeast Asia. Many of the modern edible dessert bananas are from this species, although some are hybrids with ""Musa balbisiana"". First cultivated by humans around 10 kya (8000 BCE), it is one of the early examples of domesticated plants. ""Musa"
"and West Indies, but the exact origin is unknown. It is now the most widely cultivated of all the species of ""Annona"", being grown for its fruit throughout the tropics and warmer subtropics, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan; it was introduced to southern Asia before 1590. It is naturalized as far north as southern Florida in the United States and as south as Bahia in Brazil, and is an invasive species in some areas. Like most species of ""Annona"", it requires a tropical or subtropical climate with summer temperatures from to , and mean winter temperatures above . It"
"fruits and cream-colored in ripe fruits. East African Highland bananas are triploid (AAA) cultivars. Their official designation is ""Musa acuminata"" (AAA-EA). Synonyms include ""Musa brieyi"" . Their paternal parent is the blood banana subspecies (""M. acuminata"" ssp. ""zebrina"") of the wild banana species ""Musa acuminata"". East African Highland bananas are a subgroup that refers to about 200 individual banana cultivars (or clones). They can be subdivided into five distinct groups of clones known as clone sets: Over 500 local names are known for cultivars from the EAHB subgroup. East African Highland bananas were introduced early into Africa from Southeast Asia"
"of the acidic varieties are purplish tinted from outside, but the sweet ones are white-yellowish. The citron tree is very vigorous with almost no dormancy, blooming several times a year, and is therefore fragile and extremely sensitive to frost. The acidic varieties include the Florentine and Diamante citron from Italy, the Greek citron and the Balady citron from Israel. The sweet varieties include the Corsican and Moroccan citrons. Between the pulpless are also some fingered varieties and the Yemenite citron. There are also a number of citron hybrids; for example, ponderosa lemon, the lumia and rhobs el Arsa are known"
"banana. Generally, the fruit is at its optimum ripeness the day it drops from the tree. While still hanging, it may well prove bitter; once fallen, however, the fruit very quickly becomes overripe, so daily collection of fallen fruit is advisable during the season. The flower petals are edible, with a slightly sweet flavor with hints of cinnamon. The most common use is as an addition to salads. They are regularly consumed by birds. Numerous cultivars of feijoa have been developed. Acca sellowiana Acca sellowiana, a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, is native to the highlands"
"Grapefruit, Mountain Berry, Wild Cherry, Apple, Apple Blossom, Blueberry, Snow Creek Berry, Sun Peak Peach, Kiwi Strawberry, Blackberry Ridge, Tickle Pink, Pear and Berry, Peach Bellini, Lime Cosmopolitan, Salty Persimmon, Pineapple, Banana Cosmopolitan, Raspberry. Discontinued flavors include Blackberry, Raspberry Daiquiri, Strawberry Cosmopolitan, Melon Splash, Apple Passion, Orange Sunset, and Red, Lime Daiquiri, Wild Raspberry, Wild Grape, Banana Daiquiri, and Wild Island, Country Kwencher, Lemon, Blueberry Hill, Fiesta Strawberry, Melon Ball, Watermelon, and Strawberry Colada, Orange Pineapple, Green Apple, Tropical, and Mango Grove, Orange Hurricane, Pomegranate Cosmopolitan, and Luscious Blackberry, Wild Berry, Orange, Pomegranate, Raspberry Margarita, Grapefruit, Tangerine, Pomegranate Daiquiri. Indie"
"Lady Finger banana Lady Finger bananas (also known as Sugar bananas, Sucrier, Niños, Bocadillos, Fig bananas, or Date bananas) are diploid cultivars of ""Musa acuminata"". Their fruits are small, thin-skinned, and very sweet. The Lady Finger banana is a diploid (AA) cultivar of the seeded banana ""Musa acuminata"". They were once placed under the Sucrier group in the old system of classification. Its official designation is ""Musa"" (AA) 'Lady Finger'. Synonyms include: It is known in English as Lady finger banana, Sugar banana, Finger banana, Fig banana, Date banana, or Sucrier. In the US, this cultivar is also known as"
"as a variety of the species having a brighter and more orange-colored fruit body, and with flattened or blunt-ended ascospores. Today it is known as the distinct species ""S. jurana"". ""S. coccinea"" var. ""albida"", named by George Edward Massee in 1903 (as ""Geopyxis coccinea"" var. ""albida""), has a cream-colored rather than red interior surface, but is otherwise identical to the typical variety. Within the large area that includes the temperate to alpine-boreal zone of the Northern Hemisphere (Europe and North America), only ""S. coccinea"" had been recognized until the 1980s. However, it had been known since the early 1900s that"
"banana plants. Banana plants are not to be exposed to strong winds and extreme weather conditions (too hot or too cold weather) with an ideal temperature being 26-30 degree Celsius (78-86 Fahrenheit). They stop growing below 14 degree Celsius (57 Fahrenheit). Banana rhizomes are planted upright and their roots have to be well covered with soil. Among the many species of birds of paradise is the Strelitzia reginae, an indigenous plant to South Africa and South America. As a tropical plant, it grows in warm, humid climates. This exotic, colorful plant, with evergreen leaves resembles a bird's beak. It is"
"and vegetables, citrus fruits being more valuable than bananas. Export quantities of fruit are not entirely comparable with production quantities, since slightly different categories are used. The top five fruit exports by weight in 2012 are shown in the table below. The top two places are again occupied by bananas and citrus. Berry (botany) In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes, currants, and tomatoes, as well as cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines) and bananas, but exclude certain fruits commonly called berries, such as strawberries and"
"occurs in a large area of the North American deserts and exhibits much variation across its range. ""Yucca baccata"" specimens from the higher, mountainous regions of the Rocky Mountains is winterhardy and tolerates extreme conditions. Yucca baccata Yucca baccata (datil yucca or banana yucca) is a common species of yucca native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, from southeastern California north to Utah, east to western Texas and south to Sonora and Chihuahua. It is also reported in the wild in Colombia. The species gets its common name ""banana yucca"" from its banana-shaped fruit. The"
"to demonstrate the correct usage of a condom. Bananas are parthenocarpic and reproduce through conventional vegetative reproduction rather than through sexual reproduction.Development of disease resistance depends on mutations occurring in the propagation units, and hence evolves more slowly than in seed propagated crops.The development of resistant varieties has therefore been the only alternative to protect the fruit trees from tropical and subtropical diseases like bacterial wilt and Fusarium wilt commonly known as '""panama disease""'. Please see citation below: Cavendish banana Cavendish bananas are the fruits of a banana cultivar belonging to the Cavendish subgroup called AAA cultivar group. The same"
"been problematic for some years. In South America it has been considered under ""P. cumbalensis"", ""P. mollissima"" or ""P. tripartita"" (the species which now includes ""P. mollissima""), or as a hybrid. In Hawaii it was referred to as ""P. mollissima"". In New Zealand it was included under ""P. mixta"" although some sources also used the name ""P. mollissima"" for this species. It was described as a separate species distinct from any of these in 2001. The specific name recognises the Colombian agronomist Tarmín Campos. Common names for ""P. tarminiana"" include banana passionfruit (Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Hawaii), curuba India, curuba"
"the heritable nature of specific traits, though this Latin name might not refer to the same varieties identified with modern snow peas. Snow pea The snow pea (""Pisum sativum"" var. ""saccharatum"") is a variety of pea eaten whole in its pod while still unripe. The name mangetout (French for ""eat all"") can apply both to snow peas and to snap peas. This vegetable (fruit) has been cultivated since the 19th century in Europe. Snow peas, along with sugar snap peas and unlike field and garden peas, are notable for having edible pods that lack inedible fiber (in the form of"