National Banana Lovers Day

I eat a lot of bananas. I enjoy the fruit straight from the peel or cut up in cereal and banana nut bread is one of my all time favorite treats from way back now.

Today is National Banana Lovers Day. The day celebrates what is said to be the most popular fruit in the United States — as well as one of the most popular fruits internationally.

Bananas are fruit produced by several kind of plants in the genus Musa, large herbacious plants indigenious to tropical climates.

The typical table banana in the United States is the Cavendish. Unfortunately, it is being affected by a new strain of what was formerly called "Panama Disease" called "Tropical Race 4" or simply TR4.

Happy National Banana Lovers Day. I hope that we overcome this TR4 illness from which those plants suffer and get to enjoy the fruit for many years to come.