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Bookmark or Share- Where We Got the Term “Banana Republic” | SmithsonianOn this day in 1877, a banana magnate was born. Samuel Zemurray and the Cuyamel Fruit Company shaped the original "banana republic" and launched the American banana craze. Never heard of...
- Banana - WikipediaA banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas.
- Where Do America's Bananas Come From? - WorldAtlasWhere Do America's Bananas Come From? Bananas for sale in a grocery store in the United States. Bananas are one of the most commonly enjoyed fruits in the United States. In fact, they outsell oranges and apples combined.
- Blood For Bananas: United Fruit’s Central American EmpireThe American banana market has changed little since the early 20 th century. A handful of large companies control over 80% of the banana market, and this exclusivity allows them to get the best land, transport prices, and political climate to grow their bananas [ 20 ].
- Reframing History: Bananas : Throughline : NPRThe banana is a staple of the American diet and has been for generations. But how did this exotic tropical fruit become so commonplace? How one Brooklyn-born entrepreneur ruthlessly created the...
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