Me too. Had no idea about the pineapple industry in Hawaii. -p
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 5, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Most educational, Dan. All surprising news to me and impressively illustrated. > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 1:58:57 AM > Subject: PESO: Pine in the Field > > For almost 100 years, the pineapple was one of the most popular and > endearing symbols of Hawaii. It was grown and processed commercially > on all of the major islands, but especially on Lana'i, known as the > Pineapple Island, where Dole Co owned 98% of the land and used much of > it for growing pineapples. > > Labor costs were 25 times those of Southeast Asia, however, and > Hawaii's share of the pineapple market plummeted rapidly beginning in > the 1960s. Dole sold all of its holdings in Lanai to a holding > company that developed two major resorts operated by Four Seasons, and > early in the 21st century, Hawaii's pineapple production ceased. > > A group of former employees of the Maui Land and Pineapple Company > formed the Hali'imaile Pineapple company, and acquired the rights to a > large, juicy variety designed for consumption as fresh, rather than > canned, fruit. Trading as the Maui Gold Pineapple Company, it now > plants 1300 acres on the slopes of Haleakala volcano, and supplies > fresh pineapples to Costco and other retailers on Maui and the West > Coast. Maui is the only island currently producing pineapples > commercially, and the last island growing and refining sugar, the > other traditional agricultural industry that fired the Hawaiian > economy, together with tourism and the military. > > Pineapples grow slowly, taking 18 months to mature. This image shows > a growing pineapple visible on the edge of a planted field. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17960778&size=lg > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
