OF THE PINE- APPLE. 



quick lively juice, nearly similar to the Brown 

 Antigua, to which it seems somewhat allied. 



The leaves are long, a little like those of the 

 Brown Antigua, but less keel-shaped, and grow 

 more broad than the other sorts. They are of a 

 greyish green, tinged with a lively pink or purple 

 colour. 



A fruit of this most excellent Pine was produced 

 in the gardens at Welbeck, in 1794, that weighed 

 5 1 lb. or 84 oz., and from a plant that was not a 

 large one. 



This valuable fruit may be considered as a great 

 acquisition to the Pine-stove ; but it is much to 

 be regretted that it should require so long a period 

 in bringing the plants to a fruiting state. I have 

 been informed they sometimes do not come into 

 fruit before the fifth or sixth year. 



There seems to be a variety of the Providence 

 Pine, with a fruit more pyramidically formed, and 

 having narrower leaves, of a deeper green colour. 



5. St. Vincent's Pine. This is a middling 

 sized Pine, of a pyramidical form, at first of a black 

 green, but, when ripe, changes to a yellowish olive 

 colour. The flesh, which is yellow, is compact, 

 melting, and abounding with a very rich and high- 

 flavoured juice. — But when this fruit comes late 

 in the season, it is very subject to decay before it 

 arrives at a mature state. — The leaves of this most 

 excellent Pine are distinguishable from those of 

 the other sorts. They are in length similar to 

 those of the Queen Pine, but are not of so dark a 



