478 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Hart. Medium, roundish, light yellow; very good. Commercial 

 for Northern market. Florida. 



Josselyn. Large, roundish; color light yellow; quality good. 

 Season, rather late. Heavy bearer. Florida. 



Mammoth. Very large, roundish, somewhat pyriform; quality 

 scarcely good. Grown in Arizona, South California, and on south 

 coast as a curiosity and ornamental tree; of the Shaddock type. 



Marsh Seedless. Medium, round, light yellow. Flesh with few 

 seeds; quality good. A heavy bearer. Florida. 



May (May's Pomelo}. This has taken many premiums on account 

 of its relatively sweet and delicious pulp with little of the bitter 

 peculiar to the pomelo. Commercial. 



Pernambuco. Very large, roundish; color light yellow; quality 

 very good. Season, late. Tree with short thorns. A South Ameri- 

 can variety grown quite largely in Florida for late Northern market. 



Royal. Small, round, light yellow; quality very good. Season, 

 early; only slightly bitter; a heavy bearer. Commercial for early 

 shipments North. Florida. 



Tresca Blood. Medium, roundish, yellow. Flesh rose-colored; 

 quality very good. Commercial in Florida, Arizona, and South 

 California. Bahama Islands. 



Triumph. Small, round, light yellow; quality good. Season, 

 late. Florida. 



Walter. Medium, round, light yellow; quality good. Season, 

 late. Florida. 



THE PINEAPPLE (Ananas sativus). 



Sections 212 and 213 of Part I gives something of the history, 

 habits, culture, and increased use of this queen of fruits. 



The varieties grown in Florida, and under glass at the North, 

 are all foreign, and it is a significant fact that nearly all the cultivated 

 varieties have been produced by florists in England and France by 

 hand pollination under glass. In this way the Pine, as it is called 

 in Europe, was grown in England during the reign of Charles II. 

 The writer has seen in the rooms of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 of London a picture representing the Royal gardener, Mr. Rose, 

 presenting on bended knee the first pineapple grown in England. 

 The growing for private use under glass became so general that the 

 production of new and improved varieties attracted little attention. 



