The main morphological characteristics of the two
pineapple fruit cultivars are summarized in Table 1.
Red Spanish pineapple fruit is smaller in size and its
length to diameter ratio lower than Smooth Cayenne.
The average fruit weight and the length to width ratio
in the cv. Smooth Cayenne, agreed with the values
reported by Singleton (1965) for ripe pineapple fruit.
Regarding taste, cv. Smooth Cayenne was sweeter than