By Mr. Donald Munro. 



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This truly valuable and excellent Pine- Apple was cultivated by 

 Speechly at Wei beck, before the publication of his Treatise ; du- 

 ring summer it is the most delicious and highly flavoured fruit with 

 which I am acquainted, and as Speechly very justly observes, it 

 should be cut on the first appearance of changing from green to 

 yellow, an observation which is applicable to all those sorts abound- 

 ing with juice. We have received it both from St. Vincent and 

 Maranhao. 



41. Welbeck Seedling Pine. 

 Syn. Welbeck Seedling, Hort. Soc. Trans. Vol. IV. p. 213. 

 Crown. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 26. 

 Prickly Providence, of some Gardens. 



This sort is readily distinguished from all others by its leaves, which are long, slender 

 and spreading; broad at the base and tapering to a very acute point; of ' a dull green 

 and only slightly mealy. Spines large, far asunder and regular. Flowers small, dark 

 purple. Fruit somewhat cylindrical, generally broader at the top than at the base, 

 before ripening dark olive ; when ripe pale lemon- colour ; very mealy on the centre of 

 the pips, which are large, flat, rather wrinkled and depressed in the centre. Scales 

 covering nearly half the pips, ending in short blunt points. The flesh is very pale 

 yellow almost white, semitransparent, melting and j uicy, slightly acid, with a rich agreeable 

 flavour. Crown rather large, sometimes cockscomb shaped, leaves not very numerous. 



A notice of this variety has been made in the Hort. Trans, vol. 

 iv. p. 213, where it is stated to be " a small fruit," this however is 

 only very seldom the case ; under favourable circumstances it will 

 be found to be a free grower, producing fruit of great beauty, 

 somewhat above the middle size of Pine- Apples ; and of sufficient 

 excellence to obtain it a place in every good collection : its name 

 is sufficient to satisfy us respecting its origin, when we consider 

 the great quantity of seedling Pine-Apples raised from imported 

 seeds at Welbeck by Mr. Speechly. 



