Morrisons customer discovers ‘freak’ double banana in shop

Kate Wright was blown away when rifling through her fruit bowl for a morning snack on Saturday when she spotted that one of her bananas was twice its usual size.

Her husband, Harry Wright, had bought a bunch of bananas in the Kendal branch of Morrisons in Cumbria that week – but hadn’t noticed the rare phenomenon nestled inside his shopping bag.

The school compliance officer said she’d never seen anything like the bizarre fruit before and opted to share the bulky banana with her husband the following day.

The 49-year-old said she feels ‘blessed’ to have the colossal snack fall into her hands.

Kate Wright was blown away when rifling through her fruit bowl for a morning snack on Saturday [February 1st] when she spotted that one of her bananas was twice its usual size. (Image: Kennedy News and Media) Kate, from Kendal, Cumbria, said: “I went to the fruit bowl on Saturday morning and picked out a banana for breakfast and, lo and behold, behind the main bananas was a double banana.

“It was like a chunky banana in two sections all within one skin. It was a complete freak thing.

“I’d never seen anything like this in 49 years. I didn’t really want two at once so waited until Sunday lunch for our pudding and me and my husband had the double banana.

“I pulled it down and could see there were two separate bananas in the one skin with one stalk.

“Me and my husband had one each for lunch and it didn’t taste weird. It tasted like a completely normal banana, there was nothing unusual about it.

“Some people have said it’s lucky. People have said I should buy a lottery ticket but I’m not really a gambling person.

“I feel quite blessed it fell into my hands. I think it’s a really interesting find. It’s not something you come across.”

Around five per cent of bananas are thought to grow into double bananas, but most are discarded before they can hit the supermarket shelves.

Morrisons have been contacted for comment.