194 MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



Pineapples are benefited by being treated with 

 a special manure containing : — 



This manure is best applied in the liquid form — 

 I oz. of the mixture to a gallon of water. 

 It should be applied moderately in the winter and 

 freely in the summer. 



Planters in the United States of America state 

 that the most suitable soil for the growth of pine- 

 apples is a rich humus, with a clayey subsoil, and 

 in the Philippine Islands, where pineapples succeed 

 weU, the soil is disintegrated lava covered with a 

 layer of humus. 



The pineapple requires a considerable amount of 

 moisture for its successful growth. In Florida, 

 some of the plants are cultivated under sheds, to 

 prevent excessive evaporation from the soil and 

 plants, and to protect the plants from frosts, winds, 

 and sunburning, although most pineapples in Florida 

 are grown in the open as in Jamaica and other parts 

 of the world. 



The pineapple is propagated principally by off- 

 shoots from the parent plant ; and the most suit- 

 able manures are bone-meal, kainit, nitrate of soda, 

 and sulphate of ammonia. Some growers claim that 



