XVIII FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
from cold. In South Central Florida they require artificial heat to protect them from frost during 
the winter. Further North they cannot be successfully grown except under glass. ^ 
The Spanish, Porto Rico, and Cayenne are grown most extensively for market. The Egyptian 
Queen, and Pernambuco are grown for market less extensively. These remarks apply to the East 
Coast. u • 1 . 
In the numerous and expensive shedded pineries of Orange County and the West Coast, which 
are cultivated on an intensive system, the Cayenne is planted almost exclusively. 
BflNANflS— Musa. 
(See Explanation of Abbreviation on page iv.) 
NAMES, (Varieties.) 
Origin* 
DESCRIPTION. 
Adaptability. 
Fruit. 
^Tree. 
Western North Fla. 
Eastern North Fla. 
Central Florida. 
Southern < Florida. 
Use. 
Size. 
Form. 
Color. 
Quality. 
Season. 
Vigor. 
ProlificnesB. 
1 Baracoa (Red Jamaica) . 
WI 
d s 
1 
r 
g 
V 
P 
— 
— 
** 
2 Cavendish. 
El 
d s 
m 
y 
b 
V 
P 
— 
#» 
3 Dacca. 
d n 
m 
y 
g 
V 
P 
** 
4 Golden (Tahiti?)... 
WI 
d n 
1 
y 
g 
V 
P 
— 
** 
5 Harts Choice.. 
WI 
d n 
8 
y 
b 
V 
P 
« 
** 
7 Orinoco (“Horse Banana”). 
S A 
den 
I 
y 
f 
v 
P 
« 
Remabks —On varieties as numbered above. Nos. 1, 2 and 4, general market; 3, 5 and 7, home 
use. 
Commercial Banana Culture is confined to the extreme lower portion of the peninsula. 
Varieties. —The Baracoa is the ordinary Red Banana of commerce The Cavendish (M. 
Cavendishii) is a dwarf species, also known as “Dwarf,” “Dwarf Jamaica,” “Chinese.” 
Except the Orinoco, Hart’s Choice has a more northern range than the other sorts. The Orinoco 
matures further north than any other variety, it is an ordinary plantain (M. paradisaica sapientum) as 
distinguished from the Banana or Sweet Plantain (of which Baracoa and Golden are varieties); when 
allowed to ripen on the plant, it is of good quality, and desirable for home use, in sections too far 
north for other kinds. 
