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Bananas Have Died Out Once Before
However, the banana that people ate in the early 20th century was not the one we know today, there are hundreds of edible banana varieties, but to standardise production, banana companies selected a single type to grow: the Gros Michel, a large, flavourful banana. Gros Michel did well up until the 1950s; but then a fungus known as Fusarium wilt, or Panama disease, rapidly infected entire plantations, and caused a global collapse in the banana trade...
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bananas-have-died-out-once-before
Bananas Have Died Out Once Before
However, the banana that people ate in the early 20th century was not the one we know today, there are hundreds of edible banana varieties, but to standardise production, banana companies selected a single type to grow: the Gros Michel, a large, flavourful banana. Gros Michel did well up until the 1950s; but then a fungus known as Fusarium wilt, or Panama disease, rapidly infected entire plantations, and caused a global collapse in the banana trade...
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bananas-have-died-out-once-before
