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quently procured by the curious from the 

 seed, which is very small, of a kidney shape, 

 and lodged like the seeds of berries in the 

 tubercles ; but the pine is chiefly propagated 

 by planting the crowns or suckers, which 

 latter come more quickly to maturity, and 

 are therefore more generally preferred. The 

 most rare kind is the green pine, which was 

 brought from Barbadoes ; the black pine is 

 of late introduction. Of the older varieties, 

 the sugar-loaf pine, with a yellowish flesh, is 

 greatly preferred to the oval-shaped fruit of 

 a paler colour. The Welbeck-seedling is a 

 pine justly admired, as is the blood-pine, a 

 variety grown by Mr. Wilmot of Isleworth, 

 who makes the following just remark : " like 

 the strawberry," says he, " pines would be 

 better reduced to four or five varieties/' 



Dr. Wright says, pines have a detersive 

 quality, and are better fitted to cleanse the 

 mouth and gums than any gargle whatever. 



This fruit was long confined to the tables 

 of the rich and the luxurious, on account of 

 the expense of raising it in stoves, but the 

 cultivation of the pine-apple is now so well 

 understood in this country, that notwith- 

 standing the bar made by the high price of 

 glass, and the expense of fuel, this fruit is 

 seen in our markets, at one fourth of the price 



