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Marketing of pines 29 



Gathering 29 



Collecting crates 29 



Packing house 30 



Curing 31 



Grading 31 



Sizing 31 



Paper and wrapping 32 



Boxes 33 



Placing in boxes 34 



Nailing 34 



Marking, etc 34 



Marketing associations v . 35 



Shipping 35 



Canning 36 



Pineapple growing as a business proposition 37 



Diseases and insects 38 



Wilt 38 



Spike or long leaf 39 



Leaf spot 40 



Sun scald 41 



Tangleroot 41 



Blackheart 41 



Conclusion 42 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. The pineapple in fruit Frontispiece. 



II. Parts of pineapple plant 8 



III. Fig. 1.— Smooth Cayenne, showing seeds. Fig. 2. — Plant fallen 



over, due to lack of support in wide planting 8 



IY. Fig. 1. — Good and poor slips. Fig. 2. — Slips and suckers, stripped 



and unstripped 10 



V. Fig. 1. — Cabezona pineapples on station grounds. Three-rowed sys- 

 tem of planting. Fig. 2. — Pineapples and oranges, Vega Baja 14 



VI. Fig. 1. — Normal root systems of pineapples. Fig. 2. — Tangleroot... 16 



