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2. Ripley's New Queen. A sub-variety of the 

 Old Queen, with a large elegant fruit ; fruited also 

 in an equally short period. 



3. Welbeck Seedling ; fruit small, generally 

 broader at the head than at the base ; of a pale 

 yellow, or sulphur colour, with very flat pips ; flesh 

 white and tender, rich in flavour, with less aci- 

 dity than is found in most other pines. Hort. 

 Trans, iv. 213. 



4. Pyramidal, or Brown Sugar-loaf. Cone- 

 shaped, and dark coloured till it ripens ; the leaves 

 brownish, the flesh yellow. 



5. Pricldy Striped Sugar-loaf. Cone-shaped, the 

 fruit of a golden colour, the leaves striped with 

 black or purple lines. 



6. Smooth Striped Sugar-loaf; similar to the 

 above, but the leaves not prickly. 



7- Havannah. Tankard-shaped ; dark coloured 

 till it ripens. 



8. Montserrat. The leaves of a dark brown, in- 

 clining to purple in the inside ; fruit middle-sized 

 and tun-shaped, and the pips or protuberances of 

 the fruit larger and. flatter than in the other 

 kinds. 



9- King Pine, or Shining Green. The leaves of 

 a grass-green, with few prickles, the pulp hard and 

 rather stringy, but of good flavor when ripe. 



10. Green, or St. Vincent's Pine. A rare variety ; 

 when ripe the fruit is of an olive hue, middle- 

 sized, and pyramidical. 



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