360 FORCING GARDEN, 



held, lest the flavor should be injured. Pine-apples should 

 be cut a short time before they attain complete maturity. 

 The larger varieties will keep good only for a day or two ; 

 the smaller varieties a week or more. 



The following tabular compendium is from Abercrom- 

 bie, altered, however, in some of its details, to suit the idea 

 of two crops a year. To execute this plan, two fruiting- 

 houses or pits, and one succession-pit, would be required 

 together with a variety of hotbeds, or pits for the nursing 

 department. It is necessary to premise, that crowns and 

 suckers are usually potted soon after they are taken off, 

 and that August 15 may be considered the date at which 

 the whole operations of potting should be finished. When 

 there is only a biennial course, it commences from about 

 February 14. 



