That looks a bit lonely. When I was at school in Singapore in the early 60s there was an enormous pineapple field next to the school. It was nice to have fresh pineapples.
B > On 5 Feb 2015, at 09:59, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
