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BANANAS

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS
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WHAT IS A BANANA?

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A banana is an edible fruit-and berry produced by several kinds of plants and trees.

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Bananas and other tropical fruits are grown in tropical areas like Latin(South) America. They are grown there because of the year round tropical climate.

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There are almost 1,000 varieties of bananas, the most eaten kind is Cavendish.

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Why are bananas so important?

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The banana is the worlds largest herb.

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The inside of bananas peels are great for polishing shoes.

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South America has three of the top five banana producers

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Bananas are good for you skin and eyes because of the vitamin A it has in it.

Banana contain serotonin which helps with depression. (So if your sad eat a banana).

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Bananas are the fourth most important food based off of gross value of production.

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Banana with black/ brown spots boost your immune system and make your white blood cells stronger for fighting infection.

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SO WHATS UP WITH BANANAS NOW?

There is a new disease going around in the Indies (inside the bananas). This could be be getting closer to Latin America which is bad. This would be bad because Latin America produces a lot of the worlds bananas.

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This disease is called Tropical Race.

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Tropical Race is a type of fungal disease that was originated off of another disease called the Panama disease

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this disease is spreading like a wildfire

The bananas infected with a tropical race disease that are eaten can give you bad health problems and sickness

If the disease gets into the a farmers banana crop there is a good chance that most of all the other bananas have the disease.

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