Tactful Art Director Charles Coiner of N. W. Ayer (Dole advertising agency) took a hand, spouted to Painter O’Keeffe about the beauty of pineapples in bud, urged her to give the pineapple a break.

I still begrudgingly buy them, but I’ve far from mastered the art of breaking them ... Keep reading to tune up your fruit carving skills. Of course, a pineapple corer will make light work ...