30 Report upon the Varieties of Pine-Apple, 



originally introduced into this country; in ordinary cultivation it 

 comes into fruit in fifteen or eighteen months after having been 

 removed from the stool, and will then weigh from three to five 

 pounds. 



46. Ripley's Queen Pine. 

 Syn. Ripley's Queen. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 67. 



Ripley's New Queen. M'Intoslis Pract.Gard. Part VII. 

 p. 503. 



This sort differs from the Queen in the leaves being less mealy 

 and of a paler colour, the pips are also less prominent. It is a 

 more tender variety than the Queen, over which it possesses no 

 advantage : we are not acquainted with its origin. 



47. Green Queen Pine. 

 Syn. Green Queen. Hort. Soc. Cat No. 63. 



The leaves of this variety differ from the two described above, in 

 their being much stronger, rather less mealy, and often having some 

 parts of their margins destitute of spines. The fruit is generally 

 larger, and the pips are rather more prominent than either of the 

 other varieties of Queen, but they seem to be equal in point of 

 flavour. It was first introduced into notice by Mr. Miller of the 

 Bristol Nursery, but its origin is unknown. 



48. Moscow Queen Pine. 

 Syn. Moscow Queen. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 65. 



The leaves of this sort differ from the other varieties of Queen 

 in being furrowed and in the veins on the under surface being en - 

 tirely destitute of mealiness, thereby causing it to have a striped ap- 

 pearance. It is an excellent and highly flavoured fruit, of the same 

 size as the Queen. Received from Mr. Isaac Oldaker. 



