ON THE CULTURE 



especially when cut just on the point of changing 

 from green to yellow. In the hot months this 

 Pine should be cut on the first appearance of such 

 a change : but late in the autumn it should be per- 

 mitted to attain a yellow colour ; and even then it 

 is sometimes too tart to be reckoned agreeable. 



This kind is very distinguishable by its leaves, 

 which grow very long, narrow, and are of a dark 

 green, tinged with a pale purple, or brownish 

 colour. 



3. Antigua Queen Pine. This is a large fruit, 

 and, when well formed, is a most handsome 

 Pine : but early in the season, if the plants receive 

 a check at the time of showing, it generally pro- 

 duces imperfect, crooked, and mis-shapen fruit. 

 The flesh is of a pale yellow colour, but less deli- 

 cate and less excellent than that of the former. 

 The leaves are very coarsely indented at the edges, 

 grow much broader, but not near so long as those 

 of the former. Both the Antigua Pines are re- 

 markable for having large swelled protuberances, 

 as well as for producing secondary suckers under 

 the fruit much more numerous than those of other 

 sorts. 



4. Providence Pine. This produces a larger 

 sized fruit than any of the kinds cultivated in this 

 country. Inclining to a pyramidical form, at first 

 it is of a brownish grey colour ; but, on the ap- 

 proach of maturity, it changes to a pale yellow. 

 The flesh inclines to yellow, and is more melting 

 than most other sorts. It abounds with a very 



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