792 JAMAICA. 



arbours, eight or ten feet above the ground, by which means the 



fruit is deprived of all reflefted heat, which is neceffai-y to mature 



it. 



In Madeira, the beft vines are moftly growing on (lopes, in a 

 South afpeft, and trailed within two feet of the earth. The bunches 

 ufually fold at the Jamaica markets are ripe only on one fide, re- 

 fembling a joint of meat on a motionlefs fpit, the one half roafted, 

 the other raw, I have feen branches of eight pounds weight, having 

 only the fide that faced the fun thorougly ripened, whilll: the other, 

 being conflantly fhaded from his rays, and elevated too high to re- 

 ceive much impreffion from the warm vapours of the foil beneath 

 them, remained perfedlly green. No perfou here has attempted hi- 

 therto to make wine, it being a bufinefs with which our country- 

 men are very little acquainted ; nor perhaps, is it worth while to 

 attempt it, except for domeflic confumption ; finc;e( the French 

 Proteftant families fettled in the province of South Carolina are en- 

 tering fo largely into this branch, that it is highly probable, they 

 will be able, in a few years, to fupply the Weft India iflands, and 

 even Great Britain, with excellent wines, at a much cheaper rate 

 than they are now purchafed from foreigners. 



140. Pine Apple. — Ananas. 



There are feveral varieties of this delicious fruit; fome of which, 

 may have been obtained from feeds ; and it is thought that if the 

 feeds were fown frequently, there might be as great a variety pro- 

 cured of this fruit, as there is of apples and pears in Europe. Some 

 of the forts obfervable here, are. 



The bog-walk pine, of a compreiTed form, and deep green coat, 

 white flefh. 



The fame, with a yellow coat. 



The pyramidical, or fugar loaf, with yellowifti flefli, and deep 

 green coat. 



The fame, with a yellow coat. 



The fmooth-leaved, or king pine. 



The queen pine, with leaves fmooth, or fometimes fpikcd. 



The fmaller green or yellow pyramidal, or Montferrat. 



Of 



