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PINE APPLE. 



yellower in ripening, and when full swelled. Tlie 

 shape pyramidal ; weight from three to four pounds, 

 more frequently the former. The pulp is compact, 

 and though less succulent than some others, it is 

 much esteemed for its fine rich flavour. 



This variety of the pine requires a greater degree 

 of heat than most others, and if not kept up, from 

 the time it shows fruit till it is quite ripe, becomes 

 contracted near the crown, so as to deform and render 

 it unsightly. 



The late ripening of this, and a few other varieties, 

 has suggested the propriety of having a subdivision 

 of pinery laid off for, and appropriated to these slow- 

 fruiting and late sorts ; and which would certainly be 

 better than mixing them indiscriminately, or even 

 having them at one end of the same pit. In this, 

 and in some other particulars, there is yet room, not- 

 withstanding all our late improvements, for further 

 amendments in hot-house building. 



The black Jamaica produces fine suckers, and 

 which often emit roots before they are separated from 

 the parent stem ; and though these make fine stocky 

 plants, neither they nor the crowns can be forced to 

 produce fine and perfect fruit before the third year ; 

 sometimes, indeed, not till the fourth year. A " new 

 black Jamaica" has been lately introduced, which is 

 much cultivated and esteemed in the West Indies : 

 if it be found to excel the old sort, it is well worth 

 looking after. 



5. Brown-leaved Sugar Loaf P. — So called to dis- 

 tinguish it from another variety, having somewhat ctf 



