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tigua, English Globe, St. Kitt's, Montserrat of some). 

 — Average weight, 3^1bs. Good in summer. This 

 differs from the Black Jamaica in the colour of the 

 leaf, which is rather paler, and in the margins being 

 slightly reflexed. Leaf spines, small. The fruit is 

 pyramidal and slightly mealy. The colour black 

 (hence Speechley's name), on approaching maturity 

 changing to that of a dark orange. Pips differ from 

 those of the Black Jamaica by being half-covered with 

 the scales, and rather more prominent and angular. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, somewhat opaque, slightly fibrous, 

 sweet and rather acid, very pleasant, rich, and high 

 flavoured. Crown, middle-sized, leaves rather nume- 

 rous and spreading. 



Jamaica Purpurea (see Blood Bed.) 



Java, Green (Narrow-leaved Java). — Average 

 weight, 41bs. Beadily distinguished by its long, 

 broad, palish, green leaves, with small feeble spines ; 

 they are also very flat, and entirely free from any 

 tinge of brown or purple. Flowers, large, dark, 

 bluish purple. Fruit oval, sometimes tapering a 

 little to the summit, weighing from 4 to 51bs. ; before 

 ripening, light green, and lightly covered with meal ; 

 when ripe, of a fine clear citron colour. Pips rather 

 above the middle size, and flat. Scales cover fully 

 one-third of the pips, and end in long narrow points. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, rather soft, juicy, and melting, 

 with a rich pleasant acid. Crown, middle-sized, 

 leaves not very numerous. Obtained by Sir Thomas 

 Stamford Baffles, during his residence in Java. 



Java, broad-leaved, see Trooper's Helmet. 



King (Grassgreen King, Common King, Old King, 

 Havannah of some). Spines none. Average weight, 

 3lbs. This is the {i Ananas viridis inermis," of the 

 French. Leaves, rather long, somewhat broad and 

 keel-shaped, margins destitute of spines, and some- 

 times a little undulated ; of a clear shining yel- 



