In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese colonists started banana plantations in the Atlantic Islands, Brazil, and western Africa. North Americans began consuming bananas on a small scale at very high prices shortly after the Civil War, though it was only in the 1880s that the food became more widespread. As late as the Victorian Era, bananas were not widely known in Europe, although they were available.
And then, the Sixth Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, had a banana. And it was good.
This week, the rest of the story on the quest to save the banana from extinction and how Science! could be the answer.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "Either I've been missing something or nothing has been going on." - Karen Elizabeth Gordon (American author, 1947 - )
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