Why are there so many varieties of apples yet other forms of produce may only have 2 or 3 varieties (or none at all)?

Question

If I go to the grocery store I’ll see multiple bins with different types of apples, but if I look at the banana section it’s just a bin of same variety bananas. Why?

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Answer 1

Bananas are a more fragile fruit. Also a few varieties available. Plantain is a variety.

Also all bananas we get now are cloned. A fungal infection killed off the most popular variety.

https://www.newsweek.com/worlds-bananas-are-clones-and-they-are-imminent-danger-publish-monday-5am-1321787?amp=1