taste report:
i shared this pineapple with friends and family at lunch today.
it was a hit. fragrant, tender, juicy, sweet, pale yellow flesh. edible core, very low acidity. rated against a grocery store smooth cayenne as an arbitrary ten, this one was a fourteen.
drawbacks
a) it was fairly small. this may be due to being raised in a greenhouse in zone 8b where it only got about 75-80% sun
b) the shell or "rind" was a little tough. that may be my fault. i'm not a skilled pineapple peeler, and i may not have cut deep enough.
c) no pups. i have the plant in the ground, i intend to plant the crown, but so far, no offsets. hopefully, some will appear in the coming weeks/months. i would definitely like to have more of this one.
cultivar identification: still uncertain. my guess is it's a variant of the "abacaxi" or "pernambuco" type. it was conically shaped, and had all the features of that type except for the size. regardless of what cultivar, it is what it is, and what it is is a pretty nice pineapple.