How pineapple mania gripped Britain
Country Life Trending: The Dunmore Pineapple. Photo: Angus Bremner/Landmark Trust Credit: Angus Bremner/Landmark Trust From the Americas to the roof of country-house follies, Matthew Dennison traces the journey of the pineapple, one of Georgian Britain’s most coveted fruits. In the summer of 1767, it was a source of some surprise to the writer of the Manchester Mercury that Edward Higgins, committed to Carmarthen Castle for burglary, hadn’t included among booty stolen from the home of Mrs Biven of Laugherne any pineapples. Having made himself comfortable in Mrs Biven’s kitc...
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