Band 6+: The process below shows the process of growing and preparing pineapples and pineapple products. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You must at least 140 words.

The given process delineates how pineapples are grown and subsequently made into different products.

Overall, the process involves serveral steps, beginning with cultivation of pineapples, continuing with washing, and then processing them into juice, canned fruits or export products depending on their size.

The process commences when crowns are planted outdoors, exposed to direct sunlight. These are ensured to be grown temperature ranging from 23 to 30 degree Celsius, and are spaced 26 centimetres apart from each other. After 7 months, these pineapples crowns are sprayed with ethaline. It takes another five months for these fruits to fully grow, measuring 30 cemtimetres in length and 2 kilograms in weight.

Once harvested, pineapples are gathered in a tank to be cleaned under running water, ready for subsequent treatment. Subsequently, smallest ones have their heads chopped off, and then they are cut up into thin slices, before being fed into an extractor to be made into ready-to-consume juice. Medium-sized fruits, meanwhile, also are removed of their crowns, sliced up, followed by them being made into canned products. Only the biggest, most qualified pineapples are singled out for export. A layer of wax is then applied for preservation, after which pineapples are put into crates, ready to be transported via cargo ships to other countries.