BANANA

VARIETY : Various

GRADE : One

GENERAL APPEARANCE CRITERIA

SIZE : Finger length: 160 –220 mm (measurement is over curvature, pulp to pulp, across the back of the Banana).

COLOUR: Bananas at stage 3.5 –4 (Inner Whorl), uniform colour within pack.

VISUAL APPEARANCE: With normal-bright bloom. Free from foreign matter ie no residues of talc based powder insecticides (white)

SENSORY : Firm, not soft; starchy flesh; nil foreign smells or tastes.

SHAPE: Slightly arched, with blunted butt end and intact, undamaged necks. Nil with double pulps or ‘sausage shapes’.

MATURITY: Finger maturity thickness: measured at right angles to the curve of the fruit at a point one third from its flowering end. Girth 30 – 40 mm