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["Doc Lisenby" <longdistshtr@shtc.net>]

I can't prove it but I believe that warm pineapples from the fields of 
Hawaii served at roadside stands contain or at least yield up more 
nutritious/flavorful element contents.  There is no real comparison on the 
market shelves there as far as flavor of pineapples is concerned.  It seems 
that something changes when you remove the ambient growing temperature in a 
lot of fruits.  I  noticed it recently in my figs.  I am presumptuous enough 
to believe that flavor is related at least a little bit to nutritional 
value.
Doc Lisenby
Zone 7/8