The flow chart depicts how pineapple products are produced. The first part shows farming, where the small fruits are planted, grown for about a year, and then harvested. The next shows three processes of converting the harvested fruits into juice, canned fruit and fresh fruit.
Pineapples are grown in sunny climates with temperatures between 28 and 30 degrees centigrade. Small seedlings are planted about 26 cm apart and left to grow for seven months. Chemicals, perhaps fertilizer and insecticides, are applied. Five months later, the plants, about 30 cm tall and weighing about 2 kg, are large enough to be picked.
After harvest, the fruits are washed and graded into small, medium and large sizes. The smaller ones are used to make juice, the medium-sized ones are canned, and the largest are shipped whole as fresh produce. The small and mid-sized fruits are peeled and processed whereas the largest are waxed and put into boxes for shipment. The smallest are used to extract pineapple juice but the mid-sized fruit is put into cans of slices or chunks of fruit.
The flow chart depicts how pineapple products
are produced
. The
first
part
shows
farming, where the
small
fruits
are planted
, grown for about a year, and then harvested.
The
next
shows
three processes of converting the harvested
fruits
into juice, canned
fruit
and fresh fruit.
Pineapples
are grown
in sunny climates with temperatures between 28 and 30 degrees centigrade.
Small
seedlings
are planted
about 26 cm apart and
left
to grow for seven months. Chemicals, perhaps fertilizer and insecticides,
are applied
. Five months later, the plants, about 30 cm tall and weighing about 2 kg, are large
enough
to
be picked
.
After harvest, the
fruits
are washed
and graded into
small
, medium and large sizes. The smaller ones are
used
to
make
juice, the medium-sized ones
are canned
, and the largest
are shipped
whole as fresh produce. The
small
and mid-sized
fruits
are peeled
and processed whereas the largest
are waxed
and put into boxes for shipment.
The
smallest are
used
to extract pineapple juice
but
the mid-sized
fruit
is put
into cans of slices or chunks of
fruit
.