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Pineapples from Hawaii.
James Dole was born on September 27, 1877 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He was the son of a Unitarian minister, Charles Fletcher Dole and his wife Frances Drummond Dole. Growing up, Dole attended Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts from which he graduated. In 1899, Dole obtained his bachelor degrees in agriculture and business from Harvard University. After receiving USD $50 as a gift, Dole began saving money for a future business he had in mind. After saving USD $16,240, Dole moved to Honolulu, Hawaii (then governed by his cousin Sanford, who had led the overthrow of the native queen Liliuokalani) and purchased land in the central plains of the island of Oahu.
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| Pineapples in Hawaii |
No one is certain of when pineapples were first grown in Hawaii, but historians believe that a Spanish shipwreck in 1527 on the South Kona coast on the Big Island of Hawaii brought tools, stores, garments and plants, including pineapples, from Mexico to Hawaii.
In later years, more Spanish explorers arrived in Hawaii, planting pineapples among other fruits. Francisco de Paula Marin, a Spanish adventurer who arrived in Hawaii in 1794 and became a trusted friend and advisor to King Kamehameha the Great, experimented with raising pineapples in the early 1800's.
The "Wild Kailua" pineapple was found growing in the Kona area as early as 1816.
It was Jim Dole, for whom Dole Plantation is named, who pioneered the industry and became popularly known as the "Pineapple King".
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