1890s Nickel Plate DIXIE Pineapple Eye Remover or Corer

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This is a somewhat rare Dixie pineapple eye remover or corer. It is marked DIXIE and Patent Applied For at the hinge. Works perfectly and is coil spring loaded so that the jaws open when released. Measures 5 1/2 inches long and is used to removed the eye from quartered sections. Dates to the late 1800's or possibly early 1900's and has remains of nickel plate on jaws. Original wooden handle and tin protector cap. Pineapple Ananas sativus The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant and fruit (multiple), probably native to Brazil or Paraguay . It is a tall (1-1.5 m) herbaceous perennial plant with 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves 30-100 cm long, surrounding a thick stem. The leaves of the Smooth Cayenne cultivar mostly lack spines except at the leaf tip, but the Spanish and Queen cultivars have large spines along the leaf margins. Pineapples are the only bromeliad fruit in widespread cultivation. The name The name pineapple in English (or piña in Spanish) comes from the similarity of the fruit to a pine cone. The word "pineapple", first recorded in 1398, was originally used to describe the reproductive organs of conifer trees (now termed pine cones). When European explorers discovered this tropical fruit, they called them "pineapples" (term first recorded in that sense in 1664) because it resembled what we know as pine cones. The term "pine cone" was first recorded in 1695 to replace the original meaning of "pineapple". In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas comes the original (Peruvian) Tupi word for pineapple nanas, as recorded by André Thevenet in 1555 and comosus means "tufted" and refers to the stem of the fruit. Other members of the Ananas genus are often called pineapple as well by laymen. Wild pineapples Certain bat-pollinated wild pineapples, members of the bromeliad family, do the exact opposite of most flowers by opening their flowers at night and closing them during the day to protect them from weevils, which are most active during daylight hours. Fruit The fruitlets of a pineapple are arranged in two interlocking spirals, eight spirals in one direction, thirteen in the other; each being a Fibonacci number. This is one of many examples of Fibonacci numbers appearing in nature. The natural (or most common) pollinator of the pineapple is the hummingbird. Pollination is required for seed formation; the presence of seeds negatively affects the quality of the fruit. In Hawaii , w pineapple is cultivated on an agricultural scale, importation of hummingbirds is prohibited for this reason. At one time, most canned and fresh pineapples were produced on Smooth Cayenne plants. Since about 2000, the most common fresh pineapple fruit found in U.S. and European supermarkets is a low-acid hybrid that was developed in Hawaii in the early 1970s. Pineapple is commonly used in desserts and other types of fruit dishes, or served on its own. Fresh pineapple is often somewhat expensive as the tropical fruit is delicate and difficult to ship. Pineapples can ripen after harvest, but require certain temperatures for this process to occur. The ripening of pineapples can be rather difficult as they will not ripen for some time and in a day or two become over-ripe, tfore, pineapples are most widely available canned. The pineapple juice has been fermented into an alcoholic beverage commonly called pineapple wine, which is a type of fruit wine, most commonly produced in Hawaii . Pineapples are also used as topping for American and European pizza, most commonly in the "Hawaiian" type pizza (w it is paired with ham or Canadian bacon). Truly ripe pineapples are not found in the supermarket because almost all pineapple fruits are harvested at the mature-green stage of maturity. Fruit of the low-acid hybrid, usually containing "gold" in the brand name, are of good and consistent quality. Fruit of the best quality will have a fresh crown and little or no obvious shrinkage or wrinkling of the shell. In England , the ... read more

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