as an early Market FruiL 



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few queens in our early forcing-pit among the Providences, 

 &c., which, with equal care, but wanting the dung heat, were 

 actually dried up, disfigured, and completely destroyed in a heat 

 of 75°, in which we started our Providences about Christmas. 

 I think it may be useful to detail the culture of the queen pines 

 separately, for the use of market-gardeners, as these fruit, 

 when cut in February and March, brought I65. a pound ; while 

 fruit, equal in quality, ripe in July and August, will hardly 

 bring one third of the price. I should think, if ordinary pine 

 culture pay at all, there must be a good return from such a 

 speculation as this. 



The culture of black pines here, such as Providences, Ja- 

 maicas, Envilles, &c., differs widely from that of the queen about 

 to be given, perhaps from the system adopted by other culti- 

 vators : but this may, with your permission, form the subject of 

 another paper. It must be observed, that I do not mean to say 

 that we cultivate our queens generally (or rather for the summer 

 crop) in this manner ; for this was done as a market speculation. 



Before proceeding with the mode of culture, I shall give a 

 section {Jig. 6.) of the pit in which it was carried on, and of the 

 pots in which the pines were grown. 



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The above section represents : — 



a. The bark bed. g g. Walls of bark bed. 



b. Pit for linings, /i, Rubblework. 



c. Fire flue along the front and both i i i, Brick walls, coped with stone. 



ends. k. Stone bracket, supporting a plank. 



d. Open brickwork. /, Gutter. 



e. Open cavity. m m, Ground level. 

 f. Tile cover of open cavity, with 



plug holes. 



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