weight of twelve to fourteen pounds. Flowers dark purple, fruit 

 reddish-yellow, pips very large. Flesh very pale, solid, juicy, and 

 melting, but somewhat poor in flavour. 



Queen (Common Queet , UI<1 Queen').- This is one of the most useful 

 and popular varieties, as it matures early, is comparatively hardy, 

 and is considered to be one of the best kinds for summer crops. 

 Flowers lilac, leaves long and smooth with very few spines. Fruit 

 cylindrical, weighing from five to ten pounds, deep orange, pips 

 rather small but prominent. Flesh pale yellow, slightly fibrous, 

 very juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



Jtipley (Old Riplty). An old and popular variety Avith purple 

 flowers. Fruit moderately large, ranging from cylindrical to ovate, 

 in colour a pale copper, and pips above medium size. Flesh pale 

 velloAV, firm, crisp, juicy, very sAveet. and highly flavoured. 



Ripley Queen. This is a sub- variety of the Queen, and the fruit is 

 similar in appearance and quality, but the leaves are somewhat 

 broader. 



Rough-lecwed Cayenne (Prickly Cayenne). A. variety Avith lilac- 

 flowers and long leaves thickly covered with strong spines. Fruit 

 large, weighing from six to eight pounds, cylindrical, tapering a little 

 towards the crown, dark orange, with light pips. Flesh pale yellow, 

 not A r ery juicy, but Avell flavoured. 



Smooth-leaved Cdyt+ine. An excellent and popular A~ariety, and 

 considered to be one of the best Pines for winter crops. Fruit 

 pyramidal, large, weighing from seven to ten pounds, deep orange, 

 with pips large and flat. Flesh pale yellow, juicy, SAveet, and highly 

 flaA^oured. Flowers purple, and leaves long and smooth with very 

 feAV spines. 



Trinidad (Pitch Lake). This variety has tall, showy, and very 

 large fruit, which has been grown over twenty pounds in weight. 

 Fruit conical, deep orange, with large roundish pips. Flesh yelloAv. 

 melting, and sweet, with a rich and pleasant flavour. 



PIQUILLIN. 



This is the vernacular name in South America for the fruit of 

 Condalm microphylla (Zizifphus microphyllti'), a small evergreen shrub 

 belonging to the order Rhanmacea\ It is indigenous to Chili and 

 other parts of South America in the medium cool regions. The fruit 

 is the size of a Cherry, succulent, and when fully ripe has a sweet 

 pleasant flavour. In its native regions it is well appreciated when 

 eaten fresh, and it is also utilized when dried. The Piquillin may be 

 cultivated successfully in those parts of Australasia where there is no 

 trouble from frosts, as also in medium warm regions, either as a fruit 

 plant or ornamental shrub. It will thrive in any ordinary good soil, 

 but prefers an open sandy loam. Propagation may be effected by 

 seeds, which should be planted about, an inch deep. Plants can be 

 oasily obtained from layei-s, and cuttings from ripened wood of the 



