Cavendish

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the world's most important fruit

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/D0F8/production/_87469435_f9a4b729-ae1a-4488-8aef-6ba8b944b043.jpg Sitting in picture-perfect Peak District grounds, Chatsworth House seems an unlikely birthplace for today's global banana industry. But practically every banana consumed in the western world is directly descended from a plant grown in the Derbyshire estate's hothouse 180 years ago. This is the story of how the Cavendish became the world's most important […]

Posted: January 30 2016