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Veritable Vegetable - Grow Bananas!
In 1876, at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, the first imported bananas were individually wrapped in foil and sold for 10 cents. These days, bananas are the number one fruit sold in the US; indivudual annual consumption is estimated at 28 pounds. In 2004, the world banana industry exported 15.9 million tons, and Ecuador, Costa Rica, the Philippines and Colombia accounted for 63% of total world exports. Do the math because that's a lot of bananas!
To learn more about bananas, including stories, banana trivia and a recipe for Denise's Banana Flambé, click here.
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