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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDBNEB. 



( August la, 1876. 



cut open its aroma rapidly disappears, and dissolution followB. 

 After all, the best Pine Apples in the world, as the best 

 Grapes, eotne from cur EngUsh hotbonses, and may always be 



had " at a prloe," as the saying is. As these are not for every- 

 one, it ia well we secure from 50 to CO per cent, of the Bahama 

 growth, for Americans are as fond of Fme Apples as ourselves. 



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Pine Apples from the Island of St. Miohael's (Azores) have , per Fine. One sold some seven years ago realised as high 

 been sent to London for the last six or seven years, increasing as 105s. 



in quantity every season. They arrive (packed in crates con- ' 



taining one to three Pines) by the clipper steamers and Bchoon- I THE LOWEK GROUNDS ASTON PARK 



ers employed in the Orange trade during the months of No- •DTcivrTXTr'TrA ivr ' xt ' 



vember to April inclusive, are of very fine quality and size, BIKMINGHAM. — No. 2. 



weighing from 5 to 8 lbs. each. In flavour they equal the j Bbietly returning to this noteworthy garden, it may be 

 Pine Apples grown in England, and realise from 15«. to 30s. I mentioned as an instance of the influence of the Boyal Hor- 



