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Dole Pineapple Plantation

By Julie Blakley | March 14th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Oahu’s North Shore,
Approximately a 40-minute drive from Waikiki
The pineapple has long been associated with the islands of Hawaii, but little do most people know the tropical fruit did not actually originate in the Hawaiian archipelago. In fact, the word for pineapple in Hawaiian—halakahiki—means “foreign fruit” and it is believed the first pineapples in Hawaii came [...]