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ing from three to five pounds ; does not swell very 

 readily during winter. 



Queen, Moscow. Spines large ; colour of flower 

 lilac ; form of fruit cylindrical ; quality excellent ; 

 average weight 2^1bs. 



Queen, Ripley's New, see Lemon Queen. 



Queen, Purple Striped, see Striped Sugarloaf. 



Queen, Ripley's. Spines large ; colour of flower 

 lilac ; form of fruit cylindrical ; quality best ; ave- 

 rage weight 2|lbs. 



Queen, Silver Striped (Silver Striped, Gold Striped). 

 Spines large ; colour of flower lilac ; form of fruit 

 cylindrical ; quality middling or bad ; average weight 

 2lbs. 



Queen, Striped (Striped Olive) . — Spines large ; 

 colour of flower lilac ; form of fruit cylindrical ; qua- 

 lity second rate ; average weight 2^1bs. Swells badly. 



Ribbon Gross, see Striped Surinam. 



Ripley (Ripley's, Old Ripley, Heaton House Mont- 

 serrat). — Average weight 2^1bs. Leaves broad, 

 rather long, and slightly recurved, dark green, much 

 tinged with reddish brown, and mealy on both sur- 

 faces. Spines rather large, strong and irregular ; 

 margins reflexed and sometimes a little waved. Flow- 

 ers purple. Fruit, roundish ovate, sometimes rather 

 cylindrical, slightly compressed at either end ; before 

 ripening very deep green, and thickly covered with 

 meal on the middle parts of the pips ; when ripe of a 

 pale copper colour. Pips rather above the middle 

 size and rather prominent ; scales covering about one- 

 half the pips, and terminating in lengthened acute 

 points. Flesh pale yellow, opaque, very sweet and 

 rich, firm and crisp, not stringy, and of a very agree- 

 able flavour. Crown about the middle size, leaves 

 rather numerous and spreading. This was raised 

 upon an estate called Ripley, in the Island of Jamaica. 



Ripley, see Havannah. 



