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Pineapple anyone?
In Country Life I have just read that, in the 18th century, pineapples were
very highly prized as a high status fruit to offer one's guests. This is one of the reasons they're the symbol of welcome as shown in stone pineapples on so many gateposts. However, back then one fruit could cost the equivalent of £5000 in today's money! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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