The Banana As We Know It Is Dying Again
I managed to get a banana cultivar called an ice cream banana [1] at a farmer's market in Oahu, Hawaii. It was the best banana I've ever had. I wish there was more of a willingness to explore selling a wider variety of bananas. We have 5-10 kinds of apples in my local grocery store in New York and the same is true for the other US states I've lived (including Oklahoma).<p>Why is only a single banana cultivar typically available in US stores when there are multiple cultivars of apples, pears, and even avocados typically for sale?<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Java_banana" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Java_banana</a>