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I feel like I've read the same article about the decline of the Gros Michel, the rise of the Cavendish and the eminent extinction of the Cavendish at least once
by noer 10y ago
I feel like I've read the same article about the decline of the Gros Michel, the rise of the Cavendish and the eminent extinction of the Cavendish at least once a year for 10 years.
- freehunter 10y agoProblem is, we're not exactly sure when disaster will strike. Someday a disease is going to wipe that banana off the map, we just don't know when.
- pif 10y agoIndeed! http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080606 http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080606 http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080607 http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080607
- nakedrobot2 10y agoSo... we will "just" start using another one of the hundreds of varieties of bananas, right? I guess the Cavendish is particularly interesting from an industrial point of view, but for that same reason, probably isn't the nicest-tasting one anyway? Can any banana connoisseurs chime in here?