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The production of seeds in this fruit is rather the exception 

 than the rule. Some varieties produce more seeds than others. While 

 many of the species of this family have their seeds provided with a 

 pappus of down for transportation, the pineapple seems to secure 

 its dissemination by means of the fleshy edible fruit. (F. B. 140.) 



Varieties. Red Spanish or Scarlet. Flesh white, rather fibrous 

 and tart; weight \ 1 A to five pounds; flavor good; shape shouldered; 

 good shipper ; grown in greater numbers than any other variety prob- 

 ably because the plants can be easily procured. Considered by some 

 the best all-around pine. Fairly prolific in slips and suckers. Sugar 

 Loaf. Flesh white, very sweet and tender ; fine table fruit ; poor 

 shipper; shape conical; weight IMs to four pounds; smooth. Sells 

 well in local market. Fruit often rots on the plant before fully ripe. 

 Prolific in slips but not in suckers. Black Jamaica. Flesh white, 

 very tender and juicy, finest flavor, weight two to six pounds; shape 

 columnar ; very smooth ; good shipper. Prolific in slips and suckers. 

 Prickly Cayenne. Flesh yellow, tender, good flavor; shape shoul- 

 dered and conical ; fruit sometimes larger at apex than at stem end ; 

 good shipper; smooth; weight three to six pounds. Prolific in slips 

 and suckers. Plant broad leaved and vigorous. Smooth Cayenne. 

 Flesh yellow, tender; flavor fine, very juicy; shape shouldered; very 

 smooth; good shipper; weight three to nine pounds. Prolific in suck- 

 ers, but not in slips ; we only had two slips from 100 plants. This no 

 doubt is the most popular variety grown, owing to the fine appear- 

 ance of its fruit, and the smoothness of its foliage, making the plants 

 very pleasant to work among. The leaves of all other varieties are 

 very spiny on the edges. Enville, or Enville City. Flesh white, ten- 

 der, juicy; flavor good; shope conical, flattened at apex; multiple 

 crown; rough; good shipper; weight, three to ten pounds. Prolific 

 in crownlets, slips, and suckers. The misshapen fruits, and the tend- 

 ency to rot before fully ripe, form an objection with many. A num- 

 ber of specimens will be seen with single crowns, and the fruit of 

 symmetrical form, and this tendency may become a fixed character- 

 istic by selection, and so render the variety more valuable. The 

 tendency of the fruit to rot before reaching full maturity, may be 

 overcome to some extent by judicious manuring, avoiding the applica- 

 tion of highly nitrogenous manures during fruiting season. Abbaka. 

 Flesh yellow, tender, very juicy, fine flavor; shape, shouldered; 

 smooth; good shipper; weight three to ten pounds; prolific in slips 

 and crownlets, but few suckers. This variety will yield a greater in- 

 crease of plants than any of the plants grown at this station. Some 

 of our Abbakas yielded this season as high as thirty plants; they 

 averaged twelve plants apiece. A popular variety. Golden Queen. 

 Flesh yellow, very tender and juicy; flavor good; shape columnar; 

 good shipper ; rough. A favorite with many. Prolific in both slips 

 and suckers. Prince Albert, Flesh light yellow, tender and juicy ; 

 flavor fair; weight two to six pounds; rough. Prolific in slips and 

 suckers. Porto Rico. Flesh light yellow, tender and juicy; flavor 

 good ; shape shouldered ; good shipper ; weight four to fifteen pounds ; 



