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Re:Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video] by inglor_cz on Saturday February 12, 2022 @12:05PM (#30314284)
Bananas were actually already sold fairly widely in the US in 1922. United Fruit Company et al. imported them by the boatload.

In fact, there was a crisis of supply caused by the Panama disease infesting the plantations, and people were very unhappy with that, because they got so used to the fruit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes!_We_Have_No_Bananas

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Re:Growing a mango tree from seed – one year time lapse [video] by gumby on Saturday February 12, 2022 @01:07PM (#30314815)
> United Fruit Company et al. imported them by the boatload.

…assisted by the United States Marines, and in fact the origin of the term “Banana Republic”.

I was shocked by the tastelessness of the company name when the Banana Republic clothing chain opened up.

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