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PINEAPPLE 



above, and the increasing and decreasing of the amounts 

 may be determined by the progress of the plants. As 

 the average spruce-pine Pineapple land is not s\ifll- 

 ciently fertile to grow a full crop of Pineapples, nuich 

 more depends upon proper fertilizing than am othei 

 one operation 



Pi op mil I - n IS , lint is ) loji i^jxti d bj means of 

 crow 1 1 I 1 1 1 I I lu crown is the 



leafs I 1 I II market Just 



below I I h lie left in the 



field \ 1 I li I i til aie kno\Mi as 



slips In till i\ils f tilths buds ocLUi, those that 

 develop neai the giound make strong plants in a few 

 months and aie known as suckers A strong plant will 

 mature an "api U in Tun in 1 \t dii i ' " n keis by 

 the middle of 's 1 1 i T I 1 i ti un a 



portion of th( ] I t sjs 



tem indepenil lat 



toons Crow i I \ re- 



mam on the ti 

 are usually ei i I 

 left in the field i i I 

 a crop, but thi \ 

 a full stand , hi i 

 also Slips requiiB i m n 1 i ^ 

 ture a crop According to \\ ebbc r, it takes 10-12 j ears 



^ inkers 



b ha\e boine 



s must be left 



Plants 



iised fiom 



Dots and any 

 p and leveled 



n bods of b or 



I mature a plant from 

 seed onl} for bieedmn pi 



Piepatatioii ft! T 

 pared it is ck i I 1 

 other organic i i i I 

 off smoothly 11 III 

 8rows wide, deiiu liu„ ii U e 11)1 1 M 



be narrow enough to penult tLii 1 

 a scuffle hoe without enteiing tl 

 Ivs IS very detrimental For 1\ 

 made lb 20 m \i iit for Quei i 1 



Ricos U) ( II I li \ uc Ubuall} 1 1 ri d ui chiils t 

 about tl I s 



Thi 1 II I 1 1 on the Kej s are quite different 

 The Hi 1 1 1 1 ) \ cutting off the trees, shrubs, 

 etc , wbiih aie illowed to dry and are then burned The 

 plants are then set out with a grubbing hoe, they must 

 be set out irregularly, as the rocky soil does not furnish 

 root hold everywhere Such fields become exhausted m 

 a few J tars and have to be abandoned 



Tillage —This operation consists in running over the 

 ground with a scuffle hoe W hi re the ])lintition is set 

 out in beds the handle of tlie hoe is long enough to per 

 mit cultivating to the middle without the laborer enter 

 ing the bed Only about an inch of the surface soil is 

 agitated, usualh immediately after the fertilizer has 

 been applied Weeds arc not troublesome, excepting m 



ISIO The Ou 



Pineapple 



fields tliiit have been cultivated a long time. Under 

 sheds tillage is more frequent and appears to be more 

 necessary. On the Keys no tillage is possible, but tall- 

 giowing weeds and such ligneous plants as may spring 

 up are cut off. In all of the work among Pineapple 



PINEAPPLE 



plants the greatest care should be exercised to avoid 

 breaking the Ivs., which are very brittle. 



Marketing. — The fruit is picked a week before it 

 would mature. It is packed at once into barrel (12x20 

 \ JG in ) and half barrel (12\ lOx lb m ) crates, usualh 

 in the latter the different sizes being packed in sepaiate 

 I rates and designited is 18 s 2-t's 30 s M< s 42 s 4h i 

 and d-t s accordiii.; t tli i un 1 1 1 requiii d foi a li ilf 



1811 The EnviUe Pineapple 



1 1 ite The fruit must be handled without being 

 md packed firmlj to prevent its abi isi m 

 t To protect the fruit each one is wrapped 



1 II I n IS carried on by 



I fairly stable and 



t\ most extensnth 



1 1 1 h or Hcds It has 



a II I III 1/ I 111 II I is liiidv plant Abichi 



(Abakk i). Blood, yueeu (lig IblO) Su^r ir Loaf En 



viUe (Fig 1811) and \\ hite Antigua an ^ iritties that 



produce medium sized apples of f\ ellmt qnnlit-s 



Bl k 1 I II 1 I'litk Piince, and Pi i Ml it pio 



II If excellent qualit I i i ne 



1 ipple of good I 1 I) 



I 1 1 -re apple of go 1 1 1 



I \\n more or less \i I I ili r 



I III \ e named varieties 1 ut tl i t i(,;oing 

 li 1 1 Ih recognized bj the Florida Stale 



II I 1 1- iity 



/ ^1 I —It Ills bcm found veiy advan 



t II 1 1 1 f I 1 Ills', in the wmtei i 



III I I ' great ladiation of 



1 I I the intensity of the 



SI 11 II I il lit Iter WIS to protect 



tht 1 111 Is li 111 liosts aid tm/ts Pineapple pi uits 

 frtezt It u2° i This dtt,itt of told does not kill the 

 heart of the plant, but onlj the larger portion of the Ivs 

 Pmes under sheds have passed thiough a temperature 

 of 2d° P with ut seiiims iniuiN The loiif if a shed is 



is iilh tl I I 1 1 I I ^ \ 11 11 1 I t tht Imd 



In 1 Isl tl 1 f II th I II II 7 ft from 



tlie giound Till sti niseis running irossnise in tht 

 hgure are lMxJ\21, those running lengthwise are 

 I'a X IK X 15 The material for the roof is cypress 

 plastering lath of usual length and width The stringei s 

 running lengthwise ate 40 m apart The openings be 

 tween the lath are lust the width of a lath The amount 

 of lumber needed (per acre) is about as follows 

 414 posts (■! 2 for loof "2 for sides) 4' \ 4' x 8° 

 11)0 pieces 1' \ J \ 2U° 



900 pieces (K40 for roof 120 for sides) iK' x 1>^' \ 1 ,° 

 80 000 lath (75 000 for roof 5 000 for sides) % x 1 \ 4° 

 It takes about 9,000 feet of lumber for the above ma- 

 terial exclusive of the lath. All lumber mu.st be first- 

 class and free from knots. This can still be reduced by 

 about 2,500 feet by using wire in place of the 1%' x IH' 

 X 15° and weaving the lath in this. Under the most 



