A Banana Freak
p. 37 · Read in the full issue
A BANANA tree with seven bunches of fruit has attracted curious people from all over Tahiti to Paura, in the Fautaua Valley, where this remarkable banana tree is growing.
Normally, a banana tree bears but one bunch of fruit, and is then cut down to make way for shoots growing from the same root.
Occasionally, a banana tree will bear two bunches of fruit. But never before, in the memory of anyone in Pr, Oceania, has a banana plant fruited with seven full-size, healthv bunches.
Dr. and Mrs. R. W, Schuch arrived in Sydney from Kavieng, T.N.G., by the “Macdhui” in mid-June. He is a Medical Officer with the Administration.
This photograph of the tree shows six of the seven bunches.