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species. The seed may be sown in March or April, and 

 the seedlings potted singly in April, when they are a 

 year old. But few seedlings survive the first winter, and 

 nearly all are lost by the third year. Occasionally a 

 plant may live for six or seven years and fruit once or 

 twice, but sooner or later it succumbs to the effects of the 

 climate in winter or early spring, even if sheltered under 

 glass. 



