The Farming Report 2/20

Hello! Matt here with the Farming Report. This week the topic is BANANAS!!!!!! Here is some facts.

 *More bananas are sold than any other fruit in the United States. Believe it or not, 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month.

*There is no such thing as a banana tree - they grow on plants. They are actually giant herbs in the same family as lilies, orchids, and palms.

* Bananas are unusual in that they taste best when allowed to ripen off the plant. Bananas are picked when they are still a hard green, and generally are shipped to stores when the are light green with 25-50% yellow. Most people prefer to eat their bananas when they are yellow with green tips or fully yellow. Much later, and they're still good for banana bread and shakes, but generally too ripe for individual consumption.

*So you've eaten the banana. What do you do with peel? Use it to polish leather shoes. The inside of the banana peel is actually a great leather shoe polish! The banana - good to eat, and so much more.

*Bananas, apples & watermelons float in water!

*An individual banana is called a finger. A bunch of bananas is called a hand.

*If you peel a banana from the bottom up you won't get the string things.

Well that's all from me! I hope you enjoyed! See you next week.
~Matt~