Great question. What we now known as a *pine cone*, which is the seed-bearing fruit of the pine tree, was the first fruit to be called *pineapple*. It was so-named from the practice of medieval botanists to refer to any unfamiliar fruit on a tree that was thought to resemble the firm, roundish apple in some way by the name *apple*.

English explorer Captain John Smith was one of the earliest to record the word *pineapple* for the tropical fruit in 1624. It may be that Smith recalled the things that grew on pine trees when he saw the fruit, but more than likely it was so-named by the practice of calling a newly-encountered fruit *apple*. The captain was obviously unaware of the name *ananas* for the fruit, which was already in use in English at the time.
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