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Gros Michel banana

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Tasting the rare Gros Michel Banana

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Where You Can Get a Gros Michel Banana!

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gros michel banana

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TASTING the BLUE JAVA BANANA (Does It really Taste like ICE CREAM?)

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My Gros Michel Bananas How Bananas Grow is so Cool!

Gros Michel, often known as Big Mike, and literally Fat Michel in French, is an export cultivar of banana and was, until the 1950s, the main variety grown. The physical properties of the Gros Michel make it an excellent export produce; its thick peel makes it resilient to bruising during transport and the dense bunches that it grows in make it easy to ship.