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some mistake has not crept into its culture. A Queen 

 pine, in depth 1 2 pips, and fully 1 2 inches in length, 

 with its pips swelled out evenly from stem to crown, 

 and measuring from 18 to 20 inches in circumference, 

 will weigh from 6 to 81bs. A crown on such a fruit 

 should he no more than 3 inches in length, and it 

 should be rather sturdy and perfectly upright. We 

 have swelled a Queen pine of 8y inches in depth to 

 the weight of 61b. 4oz., with a crown on its summit 

 only 2 inches high ; the fruit was 22 inches in cir- 

 cumference, and nearly the same size at the summit 

 as it was at its base. It is very possible that fruit, 

 with nearly double the number of pips in depth, may 

 at some future day be swelled out to a size in propor- 

 tion to the above. 



The Moscow Queen is a strong grower, and will, 

 under good management, produce larger fruit than 

 the other varieties of Queen. It is a very good va- 

 riety, though generally considered not so high in fla- 

 vour as the Queen, and lighter in colour. A well 

 swelled fruit does not look well with a crown more 

 than 3 inches in height. 



The Black Jamaica is a superior fruit at all seasons. 

 We have no better variety for swelling and flavour in 

 the winter season. If it shews a fruit strongly, with 

 seven or eight pips in depth, and is swelled out to 

 the circumference of 22 inches by 9 inches in depth, 

 it is a handsome fruit ; and if the crown is managed 



