Thanks, Mark. Pineapple are more like succulent house plants than most vegetables or fruits grown for market. It is classified as a Bromeliaceae. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting and informative posts, Dan. The photo is very interesting - I > guess I always envisioned cultivated pineapples lined up like cabbages in a > field. > > On 2/5/2015 4:58 AM, Daniel J. Matyola 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. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
