PINE- APPLE FRUITING- HOUSE. 



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COMPENDIUM OF THE CULTURE. 



TniENN'lAL COURSE. BIENNIAL COURSE. 



1848. 

 Aug. 15. 



1849. 

 Fob. 14. 



April 1. 



July. 

 Aug. 



1850. 

 Mar. 1. 



June 1. 



1850. 

 Aug. 15. 



1851. 

 March. 



Nursing-Pit. 



Crowns and Suckers of 

 the New Providence 

 and other large vari- 

 eties planted ; also 

 small crowns and 

 suckers of the Queen 

 pine. 



Small offsets of the 

 Queen pine dibbled 

 into the tan. 

 The above potted or re- 

 potted ; the balls of 

 earth preserved entire. 

 The intermediate shift- 

 ing : time determined 

 by expediency. 



Succession- Pit. 



The plants from the nurs- 

 ing-house are shifted 

 into larger pots : the 

 greater part of the 

 earth is renewed, and 

 the mots pruned. 



Second intermediate shift- 

 ing 



Fruiting- House. 



Between this period and 

 September 15, the 

 plants after having 

 been shifted into full- 

 sized pots, are intro- 

 duced from the succes- 

 sion-pit 



The surface of the pots are 

 ton-dressed. 

 1851. 

 June. ( Fruit ripens, and the course 

 Aug. { concludes. 



1848 

 Aus. 15, 



Nursing-Pit. 



Large crowns and suck- 

 ers of the Queen pine 

 planted. 



1849. 



Feb. 14. Large offsets of the Queen 

 pine dibbled into the 

 tan. 



Mar. 15. The above potted or re- 

 potted ; the earth or 

 tan is shaken away, 

 and the roots pruned, 

 the pots transferred 

 into hotbeds or pits. 



June 15. First intermediate shift- 

 ing 



Aug. 1. Second intermediate shift- 

 ing. 



Success ion- Pit. 

 1849 

 Oct. 1. Plants introduced from the 

 nursing- pit; but not 

 shifted unless intend- 

 ed for early spring 

 forcing. 



1850. 

 Feb. 15. 



Fruiting-] 'oust. 



Plants shifted for the last 

 time, and introduced 

 from the succession- 

 pit. 



1850. 

 Sept. 



Doc. 



Fruit ripens, and the course 

 concludes. 



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