tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759932791781893767.post2609019397298705122..comments2024-03-28T04:22:42.142-07:00Comments on This Day in Alternate History: February 24, 1810 – Henry Cavendish Bequeaths his NotesThis Day in Alternate Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126960997601177897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759932791781893767.post-86120332528183059702018-03-02T19:40:56.594-08:002018-03-02T19:40:56.594-08:00Cavendish bananas were named after William Cavendi...Cavendish bananas were named after William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire. Though they were not the first known banana specimens in Europe, in around 1834 Cavendish received a shipment of bananas (from Mauritius) courtesy of the chaplain of Alton Towers (then the seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury). His gardener, Sir Joseph Paxton cultivated them in the greenhouses of Chatsworth House. The plants were botanically described by Paxton as Musa cavendishii, after the Duke.[2]Corpocreatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020909702591014827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759932791781893767.post-89275559146403019742018-02-23T21:10:09.330-08:002018-02-23T21:10:09.330-08:00Another successful college dropout! So, how did th...Another successful college dropout! So, how did the Cavendish banana get it's name?mmbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394094148405021665noreply@blogger.com