also like, a lot of banana variants are so much more interesting and people go out of their way to get them, you ought to be able to charge more simply for providing something unique to people.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It probably comes down to the difficulty of of transport. We have a local fruit in the Eastern US, the Pawpaw. It's a fantastic fruit and has a history of cultivation in the area. But, it does not transport well and has to be eaten pretty quickly after they ripen. So, it's not a wide commercial success.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Label it new, special, and exotic, and people will buy it. Marketing is a hell of a drug.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

and the convenient bit is that it would all be true, because most people in the west have at most experienced 3 species of banana in their lives.

also bananas are honestly really fucking cheap in comparison with other fruits, i'd happily pay another dollar per kg for some more interesting bananas.