OR PINE -APPLE. 139 



THE middle of September they fhould 

 l)c fhifted into pots a fize larger ; but 

 none of their roots cut off. The ball 

 ihould be put in whole as they came out 

 of the other pots, and plunged into mo- 

 derate heat. Little water will ferve them 

 in winter, having a good ball of earth ta 

 iupport their roots, and if they are kept 

 in a moderate heat they will grow all the 

 winter. 



ONE principal reafon why mnnyof the 

 crowns fruit in the fpring is, their being 

 planted in fmall pots to ftand all winter, 

 and are generally plunged into a too great 

 heat in the autumn, which prefently fills 

 the pots with roots : the flrength of the 

 mould is foon ipent, and then they have 

 nothing but water to iupport their roots, 

 which if given in any great quantity, and 

 the heat declining, they grow yellow, and 

 Ibmetimes are rotted. If they do not get 

 water, their being dry flops their grow- 

 ing, and makes them let for fruit, and as 

 foon as they are put into larger pots and 

 firem heat in the fpring, they fhew fruit 

 direccly. 



