Indices of physiological maturity and eating quality
in Smooth Cayenne pineapples were given by Smith
(1988a; 1988b), Tisseau (1984), and Reinhardt et al.
(1987). Available data on the composition of pineapple
varieties from America (Smooth Cayenne, Red Spanish,
etc.) were reported by Huet (1958) and Hodgson
and Hodgson (1993). Quality and morphological characteristics
of cvs. Smooth Cayenne and Red Spanish
were studied by Bonnasieux (1988). Some characteristics
of the chemical composition and general quality of
the Red Spanish pineapple variety were given by Iglesias
(1981) and Diaz et al. (1983). We have found very
little data on cv. Red Spanish from the Canary Islands
(Galln et al., 1988).