Hawaii was known as the pineapple capital of the world. The Hawaiian Pineapple Company founded was now processing over 200,000 tons of pineapple a year, helping to make pineapple Hawaii's second largest industry, responsible for 90 percent of all the canned pineapple produced in the world! |
The mango is reputed to be the most commonly eaten fresh fruit worldwide. Mangos also readily naturalize in tropical climates. Some lowland forests in the Hawaiian Islands are dominated by introduced mangos, and it is a common backyard fruit tree in South Florida where it has also escaped from cultivation. |
In the Hawaiian Islands, the coconut is regarded as a Polynesian introduction, first brought to the islands by early Polynesian voyagers from their homelands in the South Pacific. They are now ubiquitous to most of the planet between 26ºN |
Don Ho - Pineapple Mango
Albert Montero | Fall 2007 | San Jose State University