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The pineapple [2] [3] (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. [ 4 ] The pineapple is indigenous to South America , where it has been cultivated for many centuries.
The earliest image of a pineapple in a book printed in English appears in a 1629 gardening manual in an image depicting the garden of Eden, although its author may not have ever seen an actual pineapple plant. [10] Pineapple mania did not start until gardeners started to cultivate pineapple plants in Europe.
Industrial sugar production started slowly in Hawaiʻi. The first sugar mill was created on the island of Lānaʻi in 1802 by an unidentified Chinese man who returned to China in 1803. [1] The Old Sugar Mill, established in 1835 by Ladd & Co., is the site of the first sugar plantation.
The pineapple is a familiar symbol of hospitality; a popular myth links the origin of this connection with Colonial America, when sailors would return from voyages to the Caribbean Islands with ...
The spiky fruit became a politically charged symbol after China banned the import of Taiwan's pineapples on March 1, citing pests. Taiwan bursts with creative pineapple dishes after China ban Skip ...
This is a list of countries by pineapple production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for pineapples in 2022 was 29,361,138 metric tonnes , an increase of 2.3% from 28,714,479 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
Around 11% of pineapple production in Taiwan are exported to 16 countries or regions around the world, in which 90% of them to Mainland China. [1] In 2020, the total export to Mainland China was 41,661 tons, valued approximately around NT$1.5 billion. [11] [12] It is followed by Japan (2,160 tons), Hong Kong (1,186 tons) and Singapore (421 tons ...
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