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There are a wide variety of historic references to bananas. Bananas are mentioned in ancient Chinese, Hindu, Greek and Roman texts. The earliest written reference to banana is in Sankrist and dates back to around 500 BC. It is believed by some horticulturists that bananas were the first fruit in the earth. The origin of bananas is placed in Southeast Asia, in the jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia or Philippines, where so many varieties of wild bananas still g
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The banana is an important agricultural crop in Jamaica. Sweet bananas were all the rage at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, selling for a hefty ten cents each. Little technology is available to the banana growers on the island, which makes it difficult to compete in the international banana market. They are usually referred to as plantains to distinguish them from the sweet fruit lightly textured fruit we know today. It gradually lost its seeds, filled out with flesh and diversified. The Portuguese brought them to the Canary Islands.
Bananas have later traveled with human population.
The Jamaican banana industry is still fighting for its chance to participate in the global market. Africans are credited to have given the present name, since the word banana would be derived from the Arab finger. This information helps farmers and farm managers, research workers, quality control officers, and decision-makers in the banana industry. Soon they were being imported from the Caribbean to New Orleans, Boston, and New York, and were considered such an exotic treat, they were eaten on a plate using a knife and fork. Today this tasty fruit is a treat enjoyed by those all over the world. Upon tasting the new discovery, he found it to be sweet in its raw state, without the need for cooking.
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