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WINTER BANANA 



Tree: vigorous, rather broadly diverging, somewhat upcurving. 



Shoots: rather long, medium in size, slightly zigzag, with little to moderate 

 curvature and medium internodes. Bark: yellowish olive — dark yellowish olive. 

 Lenticels: medium in number, small, roundish, yellowish gray, slightly raised. 



Leaf Blade: medium in size, more or less broadly folded, moderately reflexed, 

 even, ovate to long oval, somewhat yellowish green, rather spreading. Serra- 

 tions: dull, often double, medium in size, somewhat irregular, rather shallow, not 

 distinct. Surface: rather dull, rather rough, with rather light pubescence. 



Prominent Characteristics 



Vigorous growth; yellowish bark; leaves somewhat folded, often with double 

 serrations, not waved; susceptibility to rust. 



Differs from — 



Maiden Blush by a more vigorous, less upright growth; larger, more folded 

 leaves, with coarser serrations often showing a tendency to doubleness. 



