A banana is an edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants of the genus Musa.[1] (In some countries‚ bananas used for cooking may be called plantains.) The fruit is variable in size‚ color and firmness‚ but is usually elongated and curved‚ with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind which may be green‚ yellow‚ red‚ purple‚ or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible parthenocarpic (seedless) bananas
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A fruit grown throughout the world in temperate climates for at least 3‚000 years‚ there are now thousands of varieties from yellow to green to red‚ tender to crisp‚ sweet to tart and simple to complex. The apple tree and pear tree are related to each other--They are both part of the rose family. "Baking" apples are varieties that hold up well when cooked and don’t turn mushy. Good baking apples are: Rome Beauty (Queen of the bakers because cooking accentuates its flavor) Golden Delicioius (holds
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During the dust bowl‚ approximately 2.5 million farmers fled from their home‚ approximately 10 of the 2.5 million were led in California into squatter camp or Federal camps (Richardson‚ Sarah). For many farmers‚ conditions got better‚ but for others‚ they faced conditions‚ such as starvation‚ miscarriages‚ beatings and very poor living conditions. As a result of the dust bowl‚ many American farmers were forced to move to California in special areas called Squatter camps and federal camps. Though
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------------------------------------------------- Banana Leaves as Tea ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Like coconuts‚ bananas grow in abundance here in the Philippines as it is a tropical country. For the many years of study‚ cultivation and propagation‚ research and development‚ we have become as one of the exporters of bananas to the world‚ especially to the United States and Europe – when speaking of the banana fruit‚ of course. The fruit itself
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Banana Bread This easy banana bread recipe contains ingredients that you will more than likely have in your cupboard already – perfect for those times when you’re expecting visitors to pop in but have got nothing in the house except from overripe bananas. What’s more‚ a piece of moist and delicious banana bread is irresistible to most! Ingredients: 125g butter or margarine 1 cup castor sugar (white or brown sugar is okay though) 2 cups flour 2 eggs 3 large bananas‚ mashed 1 tsp vanilla essence
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I never seriously considered a career in technical writing until the SAP Technical Writer job posting illustrated how well my interests and strengths aligned with the demands of the job. Although I am technically a business student‚ I have two years of experience as a newspaper Arts editor‚ spent my first co-op term designing and writing internal communications for Scotiabank’s Global Transactional Banking department‚ and spent my second co-op term prospecting customers and developing marketing material
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Contents Chiquita Banana Overview 2 PESTEL analysis for the European Union 2 Political: 2 Economic: 3 Sociocultural Factors: 3 Technological: 4 Legal: 4 Environmental: 5 Marketing Mix 6 Product: 6 Price: 6 Place: 7 Promotion: 7 SWOT Analysis 8 Strengths: 8 Weaknesses: 8 Opportunities: 9 Threats: 9 Internationalization Strategy and Viability 10 Chance: 11 Incoterm 12 Possible incoterms for the company 12 Solution 12 Appendix A 14 Works Cited 15 Chiquita Banana Overview Chiquita
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analysis Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Columbia As learned in class‚ the advantages of international business are great‚ but so are the risks. Some of the risks involve ethical issues as the ones Chiquita faced doing business in Columbia. Chiquita was the first to successfully internationalize banana trade; Chiquita did so by paying special attention to retail development and followed industry trends. Their competitive advantage was acquired when the company revolutionalized the banana trade by using
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Smoking Banana Peels Back in the 1960s a lot of young poeple took drugs and these people would try anyhing to get a "high." One Craze was called " Smoking Banana Peels " and that is what this is about . It all started around 1967 when somebody wrote a letter to a hippie paper in Berkeley ‚ California to the ’ Berkeley Barb ’ and explained how to smoke a banana peel to get high. First you have to peel the banana peel and then scrape the white material that is next to the peel out . You then
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EPMA Liquid Resistance Starters for Slip-ring motors. 200 to 20 000 kW. The EPMA starter has been specifically designed by AOIP for controlled starting and speed control of large slip ring motors in arduous applications such as: Crushing Milling Conveyors Pumps Ventilation In a variety of industries such as mines‚ quarries‚ cement plants‚ water treatment and associated Industries. CSE-Uniserve Pty Limited has adapted this basic design under license to AOIP to suit the harsh conditions
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