Originally Posted by
SWCPHX
Very long time career produce guy told me the easier it is to pull a frond out of the top means the riper the pineapple.
I've heard that too but In my experience of growing the things, I've learned it means the top of the pineapple is rotten and dying.
The commercial pineapple cultivars are like the Cavendish bananas. May flower (purple blue flower) but there's no seeds.