Guarani Indian word for the fruit; pineapple
from the Spanish piña due to its resemblance
to the similarly composite pinecone.) The
plant had already spread to the Caribbean
before Columbus saw it there in 1493, and
modern breeding efforts began shortly
thereafter in French and Dutch glasshouses.
Pineapples consist of spirals of separate
seedless fruitlets, between 100 and 200 of
which fuse together and become joined to a
central core. During the fusing process,
bacteria and yeasts become incorporated in
the interior and may later cause hidden
spoilage. The fruit doesn’t store starch, is not
a climacteric fruit, and will not sweeten or
improve in flavor once picked, though it will
soften. Fully ripe pineapples don’t ship well,
so exported pineapples are harvested early,
with as little as half the sugar content that
they’re capable of developing, and a fraction
of the aroma. Brown or black regions in the
interior are caused by chilling injury during
barry
(Barry)
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