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- Unusually warm weather this year caused banana trees in Britain to fruit.
- Peter and Emma Stav, Rayleigh, Essex, reported banana plants bore fruit after 15 years.
- Stephen Hind, 76, in Pettistree, Suffolk, linked his banana tree’s fruit to temperatures.
- A Royal Horticultural Society horticulturist said crops like olives and figs are thriving, noting that, according to James Wong, Musa Basjoo fruit remains inedible, which keeps banana cultivation a niche hobby.
