With ideal growing conditions, you can cultivate a delicious banana tree of your own. Growing a banana tree is an exciting venture that offers both visual charm and delicious fruit. While most banana ...

Native to the steamy rainforests of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, banana trees have been cultivating their dramatic presence for thousands of years (archaeological evidence suggests humans ...

Banana varieties developed by the Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation (FHIA) are proving a hit with Jamaican industry stakeholders. The varieties, ‘Goldfinger’ (FHIA-01), ‘Sweetheart’ (FHIA-3) ...

One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit. One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit. Namwa ...

Until the 1950s. the most popular commercial banana variety in the world was the Gros Michel, which was affectionately known as “Big Mike.” Due to Panama wilt, a fungus disease, it was virtually wiped ...

Bananas are eaten more than any other fleshy fruit in the United States. That is despite the fact that the US has only a minuscule amount of commercial banana crops. The fact that almost all the ...

Inside a glasshouse fitted with solar panels, nearly 1,200 banana plants now cover 1.6 hectares. These include Namwah and Orinoco plants, as well as Blue Java, the blue banana with a vanilla ice cream ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Native to the steamy rainforests of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, banana trees have been ...