PINE-APPLE — FKUITING-HO USE. 



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COxMPENDIUM OF THE CULTURE. 



TRIENNIAL COURSE. 



. 1S48. 

 Aug. 15. 



1S49. 

 Feb. 14. 



Aprrl 1. 



Nursing-Pit. 



Crowns and Suckers of 

 the New Providence 

 and other large vari- 

 eties planted ; also 

 small crowns , and 

 suckers of the Queen 

 pine. 



BIENNIAL COURSE. 



1848. 

 Aug. 15. 



Nursing- Pit. 



Large crowns and suck- 

 ers of the Queen pine 

 planted. 



1S49. 

 Feb. 14. 



July. 

 Aug. 



1S50. 

 Mar. 1. 



June 1. 



1850 

 Aug. 15. 



Small offsets of the 

 Queen pine dibbled 

 into the tan. ' I 



The above potted or re- . Mar. 15 

 potted : the balls of 

 earth preserved en- 

 tire. 



The intermediate shift- 

 ing : time determined 

 by expediency. June 15. 



Succe^ion-Pit. 



The plants from the nurs- 

 irtg-house are shifted 

 into larger pots : the 

 greater part- of the 

 earth is renewed, and 

 the roots pruned. 



Second intermediate shifl- 



Fruiting- House. 



Between this period and 

 September 15, the 

 plants, after having 

 been shifted into full- 

 sized pots, are intro- 

 duced from the succes- 

 sion-ptt. 



Aug. 1. 



1849. 

 Oct. 1. 



1850. 

 Feb. 15. 



Large offsets of the 

 Queen pine - dibbled 

 into the tan. 



The above potted or re- 

 potted ; the earth or 

 tan is shaken away, 

 and the roots pruned, 



' the. pots transferred 

 •in-to hotbeds or pits. 



First intermediate shift- 

 ing. 

 Second intermediate shift- 

 ing. 



Succession-Pit. 



Plants introduced from the 

 nursing-pit ; but not 

 shifted unless intend- 

 ed for early spring 

 forcing. 



Fr mting-House. 



Plants shifted for the last 

 •time, and introduced 

 from the succession- 

 pit. 



ISol. 

 March. 



1851. 

 June. 



Aug. 



The surface of the pots ai^ 

 top-dressed. 



Fruit ripens, and 

 course concludes. 



the 



1850. 

 Sept. 

 Dec. 



( Fruit ripens, and th( 

 ( course concludes. 



