f)2 BRITISH MODES OF CULTIVATING 



be reckoned good medium soils for the production 

 of Pine Apples." 



General Management. Mr. Nicol plants his 

 suckers in summer and autumn as the fruit is ga- 

 thered, sticking them into the front part of the bark- 

 bed, " where they will strike root as freely as any 

 where. If a large proportion of the crop come off 

 early, the crowns and suckers may be potted at 

 once, and plunged into the nursing-pit; or they 

 may be twisted from off the stocks, and may be 

 laid by, in a dry shed or loft for a few days, till the 

 other operations in the Pinery be performed, . and 

 the nursing-pit be ready to receive them and the 

 crowns, (collected as the fruit have been gathered ;) 

 which, if rooted, may be potted, and may be placed 

 for the above time, either in a frame, or in a forc- 

 ing-house of any kind, as they will sustain no in- 

 jury, though out of the bark-bed for so short a 

 time. Such .crowns as have not struck root, may 

 be laid aside with the suckers. 



" With respect to the time for taking off the 

 suckers, it is when the bottom part becomes brown ; 

 and they are then easily displaced by the thumb, 

 after having broken down the leaf immediately 

 under them. But, indeed, by the time the fruit is 

 ripe, all suckers of the stem are fit for taking off, 

 though they will sustain no injury by being left on, 

 even for a month, but rather improve, if the stock 

 be healthy, and if it be well watered. Suckers 

 that rise from the root always have fibres, and may 

 be taken off at any time ; but, as they are tardy 



