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be ample room to pass between the beds for the purpose of carrying the 

 fruits from the field when they are mature. There should also be roadways 

 crossing the beds at intervals of a few hundred feet sufficiently wide to 

 allow the passage of a wagon. 



When planted on heavier soils the single-row or double-row systems of 

 planting is preferred. This allows for horse cultivation by means of which 



Pineapples Planted in an Orange Grove. 1 

 This provides a revenue from the land while the trees are coming to the bearing age. 



weeds and grass are subdued and the soil kept loose to facilitate thorough 

 aeration. 



Pineapple plants bear but one fruit, after which they die. The new 

 crop is secured from the slips and suckers from the mother plant. Like 

 most crops, pineapples will not succeed by continuous cultivation on the 

 same land. A rotation of crops is therefore advised. On soils that are 

 especially well adapted to the pineapple three consecutive crops can be 

 grown before the soil is devoted to other crops. 



Cultivation. — The cultivation should aim to maintain a loose condition 

 of soil and prevent the growth of weeds and grasses. Hand cultivation 

 will be necessary in case of level, sandy soils planted in beds as above 



1 Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. From Porto Rico Bulletin No. 8. 



