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" The same with a yellow coat. 



" The pyramidical or sugar-loaf, with yellowish flesh, and deep 

 green coat. 



" The same with a yellow coat. 

 " The smooth-leaved or king pine. 



" The queen pine, with leaves smooth, or sometimes spiked. 



" The smaller green or yellow pyramidal or Montserrat. 



" The bog-walk pine is not so sweet or agreeable as the others ; and 

 next to the sugar loaf the Montserrat pine is reckoned most eligible ; 

 there is, however, a variety in their flavour, accommodated to different 

 palates, some being more acid, or more rich and cloying than others. 



" The fermented juice of the sweeter sorts has been made into a 

 very pleasant wine, and is sometimes mixed in the cisterns that con- 

 tain the liquor for rum, in order to communicate a more agreeable zest." 



In Hortus Jamaicensis," by John Lunan, published in 1814, the 

 following varieties of Pine-apple are mentioned : — Queen, Sugar-loaf, 

 King, Smooth Green, Black Antigua or Ripley, Grenada, Bog- walk, 

 Smooth long narrow -leaved, Montserrat, Surinam, and he adds, " it 

 is impossible to enumerate all, as new varieties may arise every day." 



In the Annual Reports on the old Botanic Garden at Bath, in St. 

 Thomas-in-the-East, from 1846 to 1861, inclusive, the Pine-apple is 

 only mentioned, incidentally, as a fibre yielding plant. This may be 

 accounted for by the fact that the district of Bath is a very wet one, 

 and unsuited for the cultivation of this fruit. 



In the year 1870 the following varieties of pine-apples were planted 

 in Castleton Garden, viz , Enville. Prickly Cayenne, Smooth Cayenne, 

 Providence and Charlotte Rothschild. This district also is not very 

 suitable for pines, and in 1873 they were transferred to the newly 

 acquired land at Hope. 



In the Annual Report on the Public Gardens and Plantations for 

 the year ended 30th September, 1880, it is stated that several varieties 

 of the more esteemed Pine-apples were being propagated at Hope, and 

 large numbers were being distributed among cultivators who desired 

 to try this small, but apparently remunerative industry. The Report 

 goes on to say that " The example of one enterprising settler who has 

 realized, according to very reliable data, at the rate of nearly £80 

 per acre* has been the means of stimulating others to take up pine 

 growing." 



In the Annual Report for 1882, we read that in order to assist the 

 industry, the Director of Publie Gardens and Plantations obtained 

 through the Royal Gardens, Kew, a selection of all the best Pines 

 under cultivation in England, such as Lord Carrington, Smooth Cay- 

 enne, Lady Beatrice, &c, and from the Bahamas, the " Scarlet" and 

 " Cuban" Pines, which then obtained so much favour in the New York 

 market. The Report for the following year states, that a well-estab- 

 lished plot consisting of 3,000 plants of Ripleys, 1,300 Sugar-loaf, be- 

 sides a select series of Cuba, Queen, Lord Carrington, Lady Beatrice, 

 Smooth Cayenne, Pitch Lake (Trinidad), &c, existed at the Hope 

 plantation, and the produce that year was expected to reach 1,000 



* According to Mr. Joseph's own statement " £200 and more from 1\ acres per 

 Annum." 



