"Travis McGee" wrote:

> The Cavendish is less desirable, more susceptible to other diseases, has a
> tendency to bruise, doesn't ripen easily or last very long before
> spoiling, and is "lamentably bland," as Mike Peed wrote in a 2011 piece
> for the New Yorker.

He nailed it, the banana is indeed lamentably bland. Why is it so popular?
Because its easy to peel, even a child can do it.

Instead of spending bazillions of dollars finding a fix for the banana
blight, I would like to see the money spent on developing a peelable papaya!
Then you will have a fruit worthy of the Calories.