'Backyard' Banana?? (forum)

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About 15 years ago, and elderly aunt gave me a sucker of her small banana tree which I thought she called the "Backyard Banana". I'm sure she told me it had been specially bred to be small (for backyard growers!). It had beautiful creamy fruit a bit bigger than sugar bananas, but smaller than the Lady Fingers you can buy in Woolies. The phot attached is the one bunch I got off it before we moved house (without taking any of it with us). I am looking to grow it again but can't find any type of banana actually called the Backyard Banana. Would anyone know what that banana might have been? Thanks.
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Time: 16th January 2025 5:34pm

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BJ11 says...
Hi!
The flavor profile might narrow it down.
I presume by sugar banana you mean a Pisang Ceylon and not a Lady Finger?
Could what your aunt had be a Dwarf Ducasse? (These are sometimes called sugar bananas, but they aren't as sweet as the Pisang). Dwarf Nathan is also a possibility.
Have you already knocked on the door of the new occupants and asked for a pup? People can be incredibly generous if you just ask!
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Time: 22nd January 2025 2:56pm

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