Spotted that cheeky pineapple, getting into the act on our logo? Why is it there?
Well, Devizes has a historic connection. In 1769, one Adam Taylor ‘A Gardener near Devizes’ published a treatise on how to grow a pineapple. Reason enough for us to adopt it, but more so when we learned the pineapple is a symbol of hospitality and friendship…
Pineapples in history
We delved further…
- The pineapple originally came from Brazil
- It got its name from its resemblance to a pine cone
- King Charles II was an early consumer, being given one raised by his gardener, John Rose, so he had a portrait painted with it
- Carved pineapples often feature on grand gateposts, as a symbol of welcome
- Sea captains in New England used to impale a pineapple on their fence, to show friends they were home and ready for visitors