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Th^reare feveral Varieties of this 

 Plant, but I think the Sort with 

 <kep green Leaves, and yellow Fruit 

 ( wkich is what the People of the 

 M'^eji Indies call the ^een Fine ) is 

 what fucceeds bell with us ; but I 

 ciiferve more of what they call the 

 JS.edTine ( which is a Sort, that has 

 brown Leaves, and the Fruit is of a 

 reddifh Colour, before ripe, but af- 

 terwards changes to a deep Yellow) 

 fent to England, than any other Sort, 

 and I fuppofe is the mod common 

 Sort there : This fometimes pro- 

 duces very large Fruit, but is feldom 

 £a well tailed as the ^^een Tine, and 

 is very fubjedl to produce very large 

 Reads upon th^ Top of the Fruit : 

 This Sort feems to be the hirdieft of 

 anyw^e have inEngland, and is very 

 2^t to incrcafe j by which Means it 

 is become the moil common of any 

 amoPzgfl us. 



There is another Sort with very 

 imooth Grafs-green Leaves, which 

 was rais'd from Seeds taken out of a 

 rotten Fruit, which came from the 

 PFefl Indies to the late HenryHeaihcote, 

 Elqi from whom I receiv'd one 

 Plant, which hath produc'd Fruit, 

 aad is the moil valuable Kind yet 

 known i This, I am told, is what 

 the Americans call the King Tine : 

 And I have lately receiv'd fbme 

 young Plants, by the Name of the 

 Surinam-Tine --i the Fruit of which, 

 by the Account I receiv'd of it, is 

 quite green when ripe, and of an ex- 

 cellent Flavour : I aUb obfer v'd in one 

 Garden \n Holland, a Sort with very 

 narrow L«aves, without any Serra- 

 tures on the Edges i but what Sort 

 of Fruit it pioduc'd> I could not 

 karn. 



Tliefe Plants arc propagated by 

 planting the Pleads which grpw 

 upon each Fvuitj or by Suckers 

 produc'd from the old Stems, which 

 muH be planjed ia Pots abov:c five 



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or fix Inches over at top, fill'd witlii 

 good frefh light Earth, mix'd with 

 a little very rotten Dung, which 

 muft be often turn'd to blend them 

 the better together, giving them 

 a little Water to fettle the Earth to 

 their Roots ; then plunge them in- 

 to a well-temper'd Bed of Tanner's 

 Bsrk. For the Manner of making 

 thefe Beds, I Ihall refer you to the 

 Article of Hot-beds. 



Take care to give them frequent 

 but gentle Refrefhings with Water, 

 and if your Bed fliould decline its 

 Heat, it will be proper to add a lit- 

 tle frefli Bark thereto, which muft 

 be mix'd with the old, and will caufe 

 it to ferment again, and increafe the 

 Heat of your Bed. 



Obferve alfo as the Nights grow 

 cold in Augufl and September, to 

 increafe your Covering over the 

 Glaffes, that by this means, your 

 young Plants may be furnifli'd with 

 ftrong Roots before Winter : To- 

 ward the latter End of October, you 

 muft remove thefe Plants out ot 

 the Bark-bed into the Stove, (cfpe- 

 cially thofe Plants that are ftrong 

 enough to produce Fruit the next 

 Year, difpoling them regularly on 

 the Stands fo as not to crowd each 

 other, nor their Leaves to interfere, 

 if you have Room enough in your 

 Stove to prevent it. 



During the Winter-Seafon, you 

 muft obferve to keep the Stove to 

 a good Temper ot Heat, fnever 

 fuftering the Spirit in the Ther- 

 mometer to fall below the Degree 

 of Heat which is alfjgn'd them on 

 Mr. Fowler's Botanical Thermome- 

 ters 5) nor Ihould the Spirit be ever 

 rais'd much above ten Degrees more, 

 t'(xc too great a Heat would forward 

 their Fruitmg too much, and Cold 

 would prevent it for that Seafon, 

 fb that the middle Degree of Heat 

 is beil I Forget not to refrcfh them 



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