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Green Bananas Arrive in Tampa From Tropics Fresh
Green fruit from Costa Rica Ecuador Nicaragua the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean nations arrives by small cargo ships to Tampa a major tropical fruit port. More than sixty thousand tons are unloaded yearly and rushed to markets as they ripen to bright yellow. Earlier ripened bunches are separated for nearby markets while refrigerated trucks speed fruit to eastern U S and Canadian outlets.
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