TANUMAN NI JUAN (Bulan Plantation): PINEAPPLE PLANTATION (Brgy. San Francisco, Bulan)

Did you know?

Pineapple is not, strictly speaking, a fruit. Rather it is 100-200 fruitlets all fused together!
Pineapple is good for colds and coughs. Pineapples are packed with Vitamin C and all the flu fighting goodness you'd expect to get from orangesexcept pineapples have something EXTRA special! Bromelain, an enzyme which is found in pineapples, is excellent for digestion and has been found to help suppress coughs and loosen mucus.
Although originally from South America, most of the world's pineapples now come from Southeast Asia. Thailand is said to be the biggest producer of pineapples in the region.
One pineapple plant produces only one pineapple every 2 years.
Pineapple plant can fruit for up to 50 years in the wild.
The word "pineapple" was first used in 1398 in reference to a pine cone. It is derived from the Spanish word "piña" which means pine cone. This was changed nearly 300

years later with the word "pine cone" being introduced so pineapple could be used exclusively for the fruit. You might also recognize the Spanish word "piña" from the name of the most popular pineapple drink the piña colada.
Pineapple canneries use every bit of the pineapple. The skins, core and end portions are used to make a variety of products including vinegar, alcohol and animal food. It's always great when you don't have to waste anything.
Bromelain is an enzyme contained in pineapple which breaks down proteins. This enzyme isn't only a good for your digestion of protein but it also means you can use pineapple juice as a meat tenderizer.

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Pineapple is one of the famous and nutritious fruit in the world. It is a fruit with very rich in Vitamin C. Many companies and manufacturers produce different kind of product with pineapple as the main source of ingredient. There are candies, juices, and other food products that are made with this fruit. Its leaves are good source of fiber that are

made into clothes. This plant grows in many countries and produce large amount of harvest for local and international consumers.

Mr. Felipe Fortes planted different types of plants on his land. There are bananas, tamarind, pili nut, rambutan, cassava, sweet potato and most especially pineapple. Some Pineapples are planted under the banana tree area and some are not. A 1 hectare of land covered by this plant. And approximately one thousand plus pineapple plant are planted.

He has two types of pineapple plant – the native (locally know pineapple) and the Hawaiian (imported from Irosin). The Native pineapple are sometimes taste a little bit sour and itchy in the throat while the Hawaiian has bigger fruit and sweeter than other one and free from itchiness.

Production of Pineapple

A pineapple is planted by detaching its bulb from its mother plant but it can also be planted by twisting off the fruit’s crown. This plant is versatile in the weather condition; it can survive in an extreme heat and rain. Some additional tip from Mr. Felipe, “If you want to have a better and bigger pineapple fruit, then you should plant it during full moon season,” he said. Sounds like a superstitious belief, but for some, believing in that such

things mean no harm.

Because of having a poor condition of land soil, he consumes 4-5 sacks of Atlas Fertilizer for 1 hectare of land. Using fertilizer can greater the amount and production of pineapples. The plant’s pick seasons is from May to July and takes 9-12 months before harvest. The selling price of the fruit is 12-15 pesos per kilograms for wholesaler and 15-20 pesos for retailer.