Dole Food Company, Inc.

Roberto Antonio Young-Bustillo

Fernando Alberto Molina-Salinas

Douglas Neptalí Cárdenas-Cárdenas

Arnold Valentín Soto-Arrazola

A new pineapple () variety of the Bromeliaceae family was developed from a cross between the parental genotype 'Dole-12' and the commercial variety ‘Dole-11’ and has been designated ‘HND-32’. This new variety combines from its progenitors' different characteristics producing a unique hybrid showing irregular presence of spines in leaf margins, green leaves with red mottling colors, a reddish inflorescence at bottom stage, a cylindrical-slight taper shaped fruit with a long-conical crown, a distinctive ochre shell color, and an ivory white pulp with balanced sweet/acid-pleasant flavor, and tolerance to natural flowering differentiation.

Pineapple plant named 'HND-32'

A new pineapple () variety of the Bromeliaceae family was developed from a cross between the parental hybrid 'Dole-17' and the commercial variety 'Dole-11' and has been designated 'Dole-34'. This new variety differs from its progenitors in bearing a large oval to round shaped fruit with a crown that is lengthened cylindrical with a bunchy top, and with an intense reddish-orange color of the shell. The plant is compact and characterized by long spineless leaves with piping, that are green in color with red mottling. When unripe, fruit shell is dark green turning to uniform reddish-orange color when ripe, and the flesh is sweet and develops a yellow color at maturity. It also shows tolerance to natural flowering differentiation (NDF).

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La Ceiba, Honduras

Roberto Antonio Young-Bustillo