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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 early Hawaiian diet was diverse, and may have included as many as 130 different types of seafood and 230 types of sweet potatoes. Some species of land and sea birds were consumed into extinction. The non-native species may have caused various birds, plants and land snails to go extinct.
The Royal Hawaiian dining room served dishes on par with the best restaurants in Europe, with an 1874 menu offering dishes such as mullet, spring lamb, chicken with tomatoes, and cabinet pudding. [33] The massive pineapple industry of Hawaii was born when the "Pineapple King", James Dole, planted pineapples on the island of Oahu in 1901. [4]
Pineapple-flavored Hawaiian shave ice. Cakes: chantilly, Dobash, guava/rainbow chiffon once a perennial favorite at birthday parties for over 40 years years, [4] haupia; Dole Whip—though not invented in the islands, Dole and pineapples are associated with Hawaii [5] Guri-guri—a sherbet originating from Maui via Japan [6]
According to the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service, agricultural sales were US$370.9 million from diversified agriculture, US$100.6 million from pineapple, and US$64.3 million from sugarcane. Hawaii's relatively consistent climate has attracted the seed industry, which is able to test three generations of crops per year on the islands ...
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company's Puunene mill on Maui was the last operating sugar mill in Hawaiʻi. Sugarcane was introduced to Hawaiʻi by its first inhabitants in approximately 600 AD and was observed by Captain Cook upon arrival in the islands in 1778. [1]
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The Hotel Lanai in Lanai City was built in 1923 by James Dole of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company as a lodge to house the executives overseeing the island's pineapple production. It was the island's only hotel until 1990. Wrecked YOGN-42 in Shipwreck Beach. Lanai is also home to three golf courses, one at each Four Seasons resort and a third ...