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Report upon the Varieties of Pine- Apple, 



1. Scarlet Pine. 



Syn. Scarlet. 



Brazilian Scarlet. 



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Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 76. 



Ananassa bracteata. BoL Reg. Vol. XIII. fol. 1081. 



Leaves remarkably long and flat, rather broad and flaccid, of a yellowish green, often 

 tinged with pale brown, and almost destitute of mealiness ; spines very strong, far asunder, 

 and rather regular. Flowers large, dark purple, contrasting beautifully with the scales 

 which are of a brilliant scarlet at that stage of the growth. Fruit pyramidal, before 

 ripening of a dullish yellow colour, on its approaching maturity it changes to a pale green, 

 and becomes a little mealy; when ripe palish yellow. Pips small and slightly prominent, being 

 half covered with the scales, which terminate in very long, broad, reflexed points, of a 

 dull scarlet colour. Flesh very pale yellow, slightly fibrous, very juicy and soft, slightly 

 acid without much flavour. Crown large, leaves rather numerous and erect. 



Presented by Robert Barclay, Esq. by whom it was procured 

 from Lisbon in 1820. Mr. Barclay received it from Don Joachim 

 de Paes, who introduced it into Portugal from the Brazils. It is 

 rather a sweet and highly flavoured sort, producing fruit from three 

 to five pounds, but its great merit consists in its beautiful appear- 

 ance just after the flowers have withered. 



Syn. Waved-leaved. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 94. 



Ananassa debilis. Bot. Reg. fol. 1068. Pomological 

 Magazine, tab. 1. 



" Leaves large, flaccid, spreading, wavy, dark green, slightly mealy above, and stained 

 with dull purple ; teeth reddish, small, equal sized ; the full-grown leaves are about 

 three feet long, and a well grown fruiting plant occupies a space of about three feet in 

 diameter. Flowers pale purple. Fruit oblong, or tun-shaped; before ripening very 

 deep green, when ripe dull yellow, with a greenish cast on one side ; nearly destitute of 

 mealiness. Pips projecting, middle-sized, pointed, as long as the scales, the uppermost 

 of which are nearly destitute of a point, the lowest have a withered, deeply toothed point. 

 Flesh yellow, transparent, very tender, delicate, and juicy ; flavour extremely pleasant, 

 with a slightly perceptible acid. Core woody. Crown large, not disposed to become 

 cock's-comb shaped, or to be proliferous. * 



Described as above in the Pomological Magazine, from a speci- 

 men in the Society's Garden. 



2. Waved-leaved Pine. 



