Posts Tagged ‘tropical fruits’
The Pineapple King: How James Dole Created a Tropical Empire
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. September 27, 1877 Dearest admirers of horticultural enterprise, today we mark the birth of that most ingenious cultivator of tropical abundance, James Drummond Dole, whose vision would transform a humble bromeliad into an…
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