Two new pineapple varieties, i.e. Tainong 16 (sweet honey pineapple) and
Tainong 17 (Golden diamond pineapple), were introduced to observe the phenology,
growth and bearing habits, fruit characters and fruit quality of the two varieties planted
in Zhangzhou. The results showed that the two varieties had good performance and
were suitable for planting in Zhangzhou area, among which TN16 was better.