BANANA (PREORDER)

~40 lbs Banana aka "Xiang-Jiao", "Ya-Jiao", "香蕉", "芽蕉" Banana is a curved yellow dessert fruit with thick skin and pastel yellow flesh. As the banana ripens, the skin color turns from green to bright yellow. The flesh is creamy and sweet and is usually eaten raw, cut for salad, or baked when ripe. Banana is available year-round. Handling Tip Selection For immediate use, choose the banana with vibrant, bright-yellow color with little to no green at the end. Some light brown speckling is fine and actually indicates ripeness and sweetness. The fruit is plump with a pleasing aroma. For later use, choose the bright-yellow banana with more green towards the ends. The fruit is firm and plump. Avoid bananas with damaged skin. Storage Green bananas should be stored at 56ºF - 58ºF (13ºC - 14ºC) with a relative humidity of ninety to ninety-five percent and no mist. Ripe bananas should be kept to a minimum. The typical shelf life is three to seven days. A mature green banana is sensitive to e