Try A Ladyfinger. The 20 Ft. Variety are Cavendish. At present Bananna plants all over south America are having troubles with a fungus thats killing them. You will need a greenhouse.

well I just wrote a page and erased it oops.Calabashman I am in nags head and I want to say get Orinico.Very easy to grow here in N.c. you wont have to do anything in winter,they are more cold hardy here than basjoo. Good fruit no disease less than 20ft. Go to ebay and find a big one to get started,most of the sellers hang out on Bananas.org.I have grown and over wintered many varietys here and also would suggest african rinohorn Good luck watch out it can be addicting your about two weeks from safely planting outside.Right noe Greenearth inc. is offering small tissue cultures cheap I have ordered twice from them with good packaging and healthy plants but one time did not get what i ordered of courese it took three months before i could tell but i am happy they sent me a different plant.

found one on E bay from Martha they are known as good sellers nice plant 3 or 4 foot this is what you want by the end of summer it will be big and should have at least three pups. musa orinoco 3 to 4 foot

My vote for best-tasting is Ice Cream. Fruiting depends upon the severity of your winter, but they are very fast-growing and quickly form impressive mats. Height at maturity is around 14-16 feet.

I'm in Zone 8a, with 500-700 chill hours. We get perhaps a dozen nights each winter between 22F and 32F.

-Bruce