Sailors returning home stuck a pineapple or two on their gateposts to tell the community they were back and welcomed visitors.
回家的水手在自己家的门柱上插上一两个菠萝，告诉大家他们回来了，欢迎来客。
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With the postman’s triumph of getting both pink and white blossom on a single tree, I shouldn’t be surprised to see even my gateposts or my wife’s clothes-prop burst into sudden and urgent flower.