BANANA! According to infocostarica.com, bananas have just lost to tourism as the countries main foreign currency earner. Banana production continues to grow to meet international demand. Most banana plantations are in the Atlantic lowlands. Banana's have been part of the agriculture sector since 1840 in the Caribbean. Costa Rica has clashed with the banana worker's union for years and has caused much turmoil for exporting. Banana export earnings rose from $482.9 million in 1992 to $531 million in 1993. I look forward to seeing the banana plantations and see how they are grown. The finishing of the atlantic railway created a boom in banana production and export. The giant fruit company United Fruit was created in 1889, with the merger of Boston Fruit Company and Minor C. Keiths business.
Banana's are the largest herb in the world. A banana plant grows continually from the same rhizome, which can send up several shoots. Banana production is about 1,635 banana's per hectare. The new rhizome or plant trunk are dug up and replanted because the plant reproduces asexually. The workers must select the strongest shoot to be the next producing plant and eliminate the rest of the shoots. It takes 6 to 8 months for the stem to develop a large bud, which inside the bud are tiny flowers that develop into banana's.
One stem of banana's contains between 120 to 150 banana's. A box contains 100 banana's, a container holds 960 boxes, and a ship can transport 400,000 boxes. The average person in the US easts more than 25 lbs. of banana's each year.
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