Fyffes of bananas from overseas plantations. In May 1969, the company was renamed Fyffes Group Ltd, recognising the diversity and importance of the then (x-number) subsidiary companies. It became an Irish company following takeover by the Irish group FII plc in 1986. FII plc had been created when Torney Brothers & McCann, (the origins of that company were Charles McCann's apple exporting business founded in 1890) merged with United Fruit Importers Limited to form Fruit Importers of Ireland Limited in 1968. The combined company was initially known as FII Fyffes plc, but became simply Fyffes plc in 1989. In 2002 Fyffes
Fruit Tree (box set) Fruit Tree (box set) Fruit Tree is a box set by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It exists in several versions, all of which feature his three studio albums, plus additional material. There are now three distinct releases of "Fruit Tree". The 1979 release consisted of a box set of three LPs with new artwork. The first two were as listed below. The third was "Pink Moon", track listing as below plus the last four songs of what later (1986 release) became "Time of No Reply". This version was released on Island Records. The 1986 release was a 4 LP/CD release,