Bananas Like Warm and Cozy Places 1952 T-Shirt

There are hundreds of banana varieties grown around the world, but in the US, you're likely to only find one kind for sale — the Yellow Cavendish. When the popular Gros Michel variety was wiped out by Panama Disease in the early 1950s, fruit companies were looking for another variety that was easy to handle, pack, and ship. Enter the Yellow Cavendish. Growing in bunches about three meters above the ground with a consistent shape that makes them easy to pack, and a beautiful yellow color to boot, the Cavendish was the one. These new bananas were a hit, though they were more sensitive to cold, so firms like Fruit Dispatch Company created educational materials to tell stores how to properly store and display bananas to minimize waste.