All bananas are the identical

Not simply related. Cavendish bananas (the standard variety right here within the US) are all clones, every from a tree grafted from a tree grafted, all the best way again, from the primary tree of the species within the UK.

There are issues with this.

Certain, the banana is essentially the most dependable fruit. The banana advertising people don’t have to fret about uniformity.

However the monoculture is fragile. When the virus that kills this species spreads, they’ll all disappear.

And there’s little room for innovation, for positioning or to be something greater than a commodity supplier. It’s exhausting to inform a narrative about a greater banana when bananas are all so clearly the identical.

My finest recommendation is to keep away from being a banana farmer.

December 25, 2025