Bahamas Philately: Fruits of The Bahamas – Bananas

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called “plantains”, distinguishing them from dessert bananas.

Bananas didn’t come to the market in Bahamas until the 1960’s because of the Panama Disease. The Panama Disease nearly wiped out the Gros Michel banana out and almost bankrupted farmers, which resulted in the more popular banana, the Grand Naine, being sold. Bananas became one of the crops of the Bahamas.