OF THE PINE-APPLE. 



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The size of the pots comes now to be considered. 

 The general method hitherto used to describe 

 the different sizes of the pots for Pines has been 

 by their prices ; as penny pots, two-penny pots, 

 &c; but as I have found that pots of the same size 

 differ very considerably in their prices in different 

 parts of the kingdom, it appears to me so indecisive 

 and dissatisfactory, that I shall subjoiu a scale 

 containing the dimensions best adapted to the 

 several uses. 



Inches diameter Inches 



j I Pots for full-sized crowns f 

 Y and suckers C 



( for plants to fruit the! 



2. < following season when > 

 ( shifted in March J 



3. ^ for fruiting plants ^ 



at the top 



l deep 



6 







B. 



m 





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I wish it to be understood that the above di- 

 mensions are only used for full-sized plants at their 

 different periods : plants below the standard must 

 have less-sized pots in proportion. 



After the suckers are taken offj their bottoms 

 should be cut smooth, as some of them will split a 

 little, and be ragged. Such of them as are hard, 

 woody, and have their nobs (or rudiments of the 

 roots) turgid, may be planted immediately: others 

 that appear soft, and not so mature, should lie a 

 few days in the hot-house to harden, and be better 

 prepared for vegetation. Crowns and suckers do 

 not suffer, like any other plant, by this operation, 

 as some persons imagine. A large sucker will 



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