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Old 12-07-2011, 02:28 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: Pineapple cultivars!

Mitchel, this is my experience so far: letting the fruit ripen before harvesting tends to make the core softer and (at least in some cases) edible. I've never purchased a commercial variety that had an edible core, yet the ones I have propagated from the same store-bought varieties have produced fruit with edible cores.
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