Cuban Red
Sweet red-skinned fruit with a light berry note when the flesh is soft. The color in the skin is the tell.
This variety
The fruit
Sweet red-skinned fruit with a light berry note when the flesh is soft. The color in the skin is the tell.
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- Taste
- Sweet red-skinned fruit with a light berry note when the flesh is soft. The color in the skin is the tell.
- Ripens
- Harvest when the red fingers lose their angles and start to dull. They finish ripening on the hook, not in a cold fridge.
- Zones
- Zones 9b to 11.
- Hardiness
- A tropical dessert banana. Protect the whole mat if a freeze is forecast.
- Size
- Often 10 to 14 feet, with a heavy bunch once the mother is established.
- Tips
- Wind shreds banana leaves and that is normal. Stake a leaning stalk before the bunch pulls it over.
- Pollination
- No partner needed.