678 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



MONTSERRAT (New Eipley ; Brazil; St. Vincent's Cockscomb). 

 Fruit, cylindrical, sometimes broader at the top and narrowing down- 

 wards ; dark green, and mealy, changing to pale orange tinged with 

 copper-colour. Pips, medium sized, rather flat, the scales covering 

 one-half, deep red towards the points. Flesh, solid, lemon-coloured, 

 semi-transparent, somewhat stringy, juicy, and acid, without much 

 flavour or sweetness. Crown, rather large. Flowers, purple. 



This is not a pine of any great merit, though it used to be a good 

 deal grown at one time. 



Montserrat (of Nicol). See Ripley. 

 Montserrat (of Speechly). See Black Jamaica. 



MOSCOW QUEEN. The fruit of this is similar in all respects to 

 the Queen, but the plant is distinguished from it by the leaves being 

 furrowed, and in the veins on the under-surface being entirely destitute 

 of mealiness, thereby causing it to have a striped appearance. It is an 

 excellent and highly flavoured fruit, and superior to the Common Queen. 



New Ripley. See Montserrat. 



OTAHEITE (Anson's). Fruit, cylindrical, inclining to oval; deep 

 olive green, densely covered with meal, deep orange-yellow when ripe. 

 Pips, large and flat, the scales covering rather more than a third, and 

 ending in short points, which adhere closely to the pips. Flesh, pale 

 yellow, rather stringy, and slightly acid, very juicy, but particularly 

 well flavoured. Crown, small. Flowers, lilac. 



A large free-growing pine, generally weighing from four to seven 

 pounds. 



Old Queen. See Queen. 

 Old Ripley. See Eipley. 



PRICKLY CAYENNE. Fruit, large, weighing from six to eight 

 pounds, cylindrical, tapering a little towards the crown ; darkish olive 

 green, but changing as it ripens to dark orange-yellow ; not mealy. 

 Pips, an inch in diameter, rather more than half covered by the scales. 

 Flesh, melting, pale yellow, not very juicy, and of good flavour. 

 Crown, medium sized. Flowers, lilac. 



This, with the exception of the prickles, is very much like Smooth- 

 leaved Cayenne, but the fruit does not keep so well, and it sometimes 

 begins to decay at the base before it is quite ripe at the top. 



PRINCE ALBERT. Fruit, large, varying from six to eight pounds 

 weight ; tall, conical ; yellow, with a bronze tinge. Pips, round and 

 prominent, about half covered with the scales. Flesh, yellow, tender, 

 and very juicy, with a rich and exquisite flavour. Crown, medium 

 sized. Flowers, purple. 



This is a summer and autumn fruit. 



