PINE-APPLE—PRUITING- HOUSE. 
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COMPENDIUM OF THE CULTURE. 
TRIENNIAL COURSE. 
Nursing-Put. 
1848. 
Aug. 15. Crowns and Suckers of 
the New Providence 
and other large vari- 
eties planted; also 
small crowns and 
suckers of the Queen 
pine. 
1849. 
Fob. 14. Small offsets of the 
Queen pine dibbled 
into the tan. 
April 1. The above potted or re- 
potted; the balls of 
earth preserved entire. 
July. 7: intermediate shift- 
‘Aug. ing: time determined 
by expediency. 
Sucvession-Pit. 
1850. 
Mar. 1. The plants from the nurs- 
ing-house are shifted 
into larger pots: the 
greater part of the 
earth is renewed, and 
the roots pruned. 
June 1. 
ing 
Fruiting-House. 
1850. 
Aug. 15. Between this period and 
September 15, the 
plants after havin, 
been shifted into full- 
sized pots, are intro- 
duced from the succes- 
sion-pit. 
1851. 
March. The surface of the pots are ; 
top-dressed. 
1851. 
June. § Fruit ripens, and the course 
Aug. concludes, 
Second intermediate shift- | 
BIENNIAL COURSE. 
Nursing-Pit. 
1848 
Aug. 15. Large crowns and suck- 
ers of the Queen pine 
planted. 
1849. 
Feb, 14. Large offsets of the Queen 
a dibbled into the 
Mar. 15. The. abou potted or re- 
potted; the earth or 
tan is shaken away, 
and the roots pened, 
the pots transferre: 
into hotbeds or pits. 
June 15, First intermediate shift- 
img 
Aug. 1. Second intermediate shift- 
ing. 
Succession-Pit. 
Plants introduced from the 
nursing- pit; but not 
shifted unless intend- 
ed for early spring 
forcing. 
1849 
Oct. 1. 
Fruiting-1] "ouse. 
1850. 
Feb. 15. Plants shifted for the last 
time, and introduced 
from the succession- 
pit. 
1850. 
Sept. Fruit ripens, and the course 
Dee. concludes. 
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