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Pineapple crop under shade, c. 1920
Man stands in field of pineapples under cover. Benell Pineapple Patch. -
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Pineapple harvester, 1911
Man riding pineapple harvester. Published in the Florida Dept. of Agriculture Pineapple ABCs Bulletin #125, May 1956 with the caption: "Pioneer mechanization - M.E. Card, 1911- Plantation on ridge near Ft. Pierce." -
Child laboring in pineapple field, 1944
Child harvesting pineapples. Published in the Florida Dept. of Agriculture Pineapple ABCs Bulletin #125, May 1956 with the caption: "This crop was producing in one season. 560 selected large Natal Queen suckers were planted March 22, 1944, 'smoked' July 14 - as rain followed immediately the treatment was repeated July 19. 545 fruit were produced, averaging about 1 3.4 pounds, fair size for this variety. This picture was taken December 10, 1944. All fruit remaining on December 12 was considered mature enough to be picked that date in order to avoid danger from a predicted frost." -
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Pineapple harvest, c. 1915
Four men around a load of harvested pineapples. John Isaac "Ike" Craig at top, Caesar Dean on far right. Craig's 40 acre pineapple field was located near the intersection of Monterey Road and Kanner Highway (in 2023). Handwritten on back: Caesar Dean once set 10,000 plants in 10 hours. A "good" man could average 4,000 a day and was paid $2 for a day's work.
Published in the Florida Dept. of Agriculture Pineapple ABCs Bulletin #125, May 1956 with the caption: "Red Spanish Pineapples grown under shed at Stuart. Capt. W.H.Bessey is said to have planted this acre without paths and to have produced 600 crates, which would be over 20 tons. Pineapples thrive better in half shade than in open. Quite a numbers of acres were shedded around Stuart and Jensen."
Caesar Dean (abt. 1874-1947) was a diver, boat captain, and agricultural worker, and also appeared in the 1916 film "Robinson Crusoe" as Friday. -
Pineapple crop, c. 1920
Field planted with pineapples. -
Pineapple crop, c. 1920
Field planted with pineapple seedlings under wooden structures to hold cover. Built by H. W. Kling. -
Otto Stypmann house, c. 1900
Stypmann home surrounded by covered pineapple fields. Built before 1892, when Otto became the first postmaster and the house was used as a post office. Stypmann gave up pineapple farming in about 1913. The house is still standing at 453 SE Riverside Drive in 2023. -
Man in pineapple field, c. 1905
Man in pineapple field.