Musa Cavendishii
This is a valuable dwarf species of the banana from southern China. It bears a large truss of fine fruit, and is cultivated to some extent in Florida, where it endures more cold than the West India sp...
This is a valuable dwarf species of the banana
from southern China. It bears a large truss of fine fruit, and is
cultivated to some extent in Florida, where it endures more cold
than the West India species and fruits more abundantly.
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