“Luscious golden Hawaiian pineapple. One of Hawaii’s most famous products.”

Visitors and islanders enjoy sampling ripe fresh Royal Hawaiian pineapple at Dole’s “space age” fruit stand in the middle of fields at Wahiawa.

I’m glad “space age” is in quotation marks…

The famous Dole Pineapple Stand — Key stop on all the “Around Oahu” Tours — Pineapple never tastes better than freshly picked and chilled.

“The oval to cylindrical-shaped, compound fruit develops from many small fruits fused together. It is both juicy and fleshy with the stem serving as the fibrous core. The tough, waxy rind may be dark green, yellow, orange-yellow or reddish when the fruit is ripe. The flesh ranges from nearly white to yellow. In size the fruits are up to 12 in. long and weigh 1 to 10 pounds or more.”

– California Rare Fruit Growers’ Pineapple Fruit Facts

Dancing girl with canned pineapple, noted product of Okinawa, in her hands.

Never purchase an item on eBay based on the title alone. When I saw the phrase “Dancing Girl,” I had something very different mind.