Baby

French Islands

Golden

Originating in the French Islands of the Indian Ocean and Mauritius.

Smaller than common pineapples. Very sweet.

Cayenne

(Smooth Cayenne)

USA

Golden tan or reddish orange

Hawaiian type.

Relatively large and cone-shaped. Flesh is yellow with high acidity and sugar content. Central American varieties are still green when ripe.

Josapine

Malaysia

Dark purple peel ripening to attractive orange-red.

New cultivar in the Spanish group. hybridization of 'Johor' ('Spanish') x 'Sarawak' ('Smooth Cayenne') released by the Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI) in 1996.

Crowns are medium, occasionally with multiple proliferation. Fruits weigh between 1.1 to 1.3 kg, are cylindrical-shaped.  The flesh color is deep-golden yellow with strong flavor.

Red Spanish

(Spanish)

Caribbean

Reddish golden-brown.

Spanish type.

Size medium, short, rounded or square-shaped, with a tough shell. Leaves spiny. It has a spicy, acidic flavor. Flesh is pale yellow with pleasant aroma, subacid, juicy, and good. One of the hardiest varieties.

Queen

(Egyptian Queen)

England

Yellow

One of the oldest seedlings developed under glass in England.

Medium, conical. Flesh very juicy, of exquisite flavor, and a good keeper.

Smooth Cayenne

The clones of this group are 'Sarawak' (in Peninsular Malaysia), ‘Samarahan', ‘Nanas Durian' and ‘Nanas Paun' (in Sarawak) and ‘Babagon' (in Sabah).

USA

Dark orange

Hawaiian type.

Pale yellow to yellow flesh. Cylindrical in shape and with high sugar and acid content.