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Pineapple garden maze ~ no pineapples!
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  • Updated By TropicGirl77 on March 13, 2003
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  • Pineapple Maze Garden, world famous - Wahiawa
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    I was going to call this a tourist trap, but decided that it was indeed a "great" diversion from a hectic day, and while it offers absolutely NO historical facts and has not one thing to do with pineapples except that it's aerial view shows it's shaped like a large pineapple) , it's just plain fun to find all the colored boxes (you have to find 6 stands in the maze, get the rubbing ... otherwise you have no proof that you did the maze!) The children will try to beat the fastest recorded time, and that's their whole focus HAHAHA

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  • Address: 64-1550 Kamehameha Highway, Wahiawa, HI 96786
  • Phone: (808) 621-8408
  • Directions: Follow Kamehameha Hwy through Wahiawa, keep going ... pass many pineapple fields ... keep going ... pass more pineapple fields ... quick ... look to the right .. there it is!
  • Website: http://www.dole-plantation.com/About/about.htm
  • Other Contact: $5 or 2 @ $5 with coupon

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    Birthing Stones of Wahiawa
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  • By TropicGirl77 on March 12, 2003
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  • Kukaniloko, Birthing Stones - Wahiawa
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    Just before leaving Wahiawa, north bound, stop by to see Kukaniloko, the birthing stones of Hawaiians. It looks like it's right in the middle of the pineapple field (so it is!) In this spot, centuries ago, chiefs and chiefesses made their way for the birth of their child. It was assured that a child born here would have high ranking status.

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  • Address: On Kam Hwy, turn opposite of Whitmore Village
  • Directions: At the traffic light at Whitmore Avenue, turn opposite, like you're going into the pineapple field.

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    Del Monte corner
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  • By TropicGirl77 on March 12, 2003
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    Not far from the Whitmore traffic light, Northshore bound, you will find a corner that has various pineapples planted. Stop by ... it's not a major attraction, but it shares some interesting varieties of pineapples, and shows the planting stages of pineapples grown and harvested here in Hawaii.

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  • Address: Just past Whitmore Ave, north bound
  • Directions: Going on Kamehameha Hwy, north bound, pass through the Whitmore Avenue traffic light, and the very next traffic light marks the corner where the pineapples are.

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    This picture exhibits the...
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  • By pjallittle on October 4, 2002
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    This picture exhibits the very earliest stages of the process of growing pineapples. When the fields have been prepared, there is nothing but a huge expanse of the red dirt visible in this picture. As children, we used this red dirt for finger painting. It is like a dye, stays on your fingers as a stain for days. Get it on your clothes, leaves a permanent rouge that no kind of soap will remove.

    Long ribbons of black paper are laid out, as far as the eye can see, there are miles and miles of paper. The tops of the pineapples just harvested become the new plant, these being punched through the black paper and simply stuck in the ground. If you should purchase a pineapple from your local market, and if it still has a top on it, give it a try. Either cut or twist the top off of the pineapple, strip off a few of the bottom leaves, so you will have something on the order of a stump, then plant it in a large pot.

    You probably won't get a full pineapple but it will grow with a bit of luck and regular watering.

    Don't get caught picking a pineapple from the fields. But if you see someone working in the fields, wander over, talk a little, smile, there's no fine if he just happens to feel like giving you a nice large yellow-orange pineapple.

    The best place to do this is on Maui. MO BETTAH OVAH DARE


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    These special areas are the...
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  • By pjallittle on October 4, 2002
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    These special areas are the experimental growing grounds for Dole's horticultural experts in an ever increasing study of the properties of pineapples. Here they have conducted studies on diseases, hybrid plantings and seek always to improve maximum growth in minimum time.


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    This is a pineapple field in...
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  • By pjallittle on October 4, 2002
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    This is a pineapple field in Maui. They still do private stock growing here for labels other than Dole. Private label pineapple is the only canned pineapple now available. If you live in California, try the Springfield brand found in many stores.

    Personally, I think that MAUI grown pineapples are better than those grown on Oahu.


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    Though this picture is...
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  • By pjallittle on October 4, 2002
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    Though this picture is similar to the one you have just seen, these little guys are further along. Notice that the black paper has now degraded and the plants have taken hold and are well on their way.

    Observe how there are no weeds or other nutrient robbing grasses in these fields. Part of why the Hawaiian Pineapple has always been favoured among those who really understand what conditions should be observed when growing fruit for optimum results.

    You will see the difference as you read further.


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    Just gives you an idea of how...
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  • By pjallittle on October 4, 2002
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    Just gives you an idea of how many miles of pineapples there are in a single well maintained field. These are still in the early stage.


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    This is known as a pineapple...
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  • By pjallittle on October 4, 2002
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    This is known as a pineapple pattern in quilting circles because it resembles the individual segments of a pineapple. I will put up a large pineapple and you take a good long look at the individual segments, each is a part of the whole.

    Thus a pineapple fruit is made up of many individual clusters to form the whole fruit. Not unlike the segments of an orange or grapefruit, these 'cells' are all independent entities which reach into and from a central core.


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    This is the proper way to...
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  • By pjallittle on October 4, 2002
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    This is the proper way to grow pineapples. See how the fields are laid out with precison? Each plant has the same amount of surrounding soil, there is a real science behind all of this. As well, it is geared to fast and efficient harvesting.


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