<^56 EXTRACTS HORTICULTURE. 
EXTRACTS. 
HORNICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. 
On the Varieties of the Pine Apple. — (Continued from page 608.) 
16. Striped Surinam, silver striped of Speechly and NichoL Pink Surinam, 
striped Surinam, and Ribbon Grass, and Prince of Wales's Island, of the Hort. 
Soc. Cat. This is very beautiful both in leaf and fruit, but a very worthless 
variety, being both a shy grower and fruiter. Leaves beautifully striped with 
dark green and delicate white, tinged with a fiery red. Fruit cylindrical, marbled 
with red, green, yellow, and white. Pips small, rather prominent and covered 
to the extent of one-third by the scales, which terminate in narrow sharp points. 
Flesh dullish yellow, very acid, and moderately flavoured. Crown middle sized, 
of the same character as the leaves. Not worth growing. 
17. Sierra Leone. Leaves long, broad and rather flaccid, with revolute 
undulated edges, of a clear bluish green, and, from the circumstance of it being 
a free grower, often considerably blotched with a darker colour. Spines short, 
middle sized, and regular. Flowers purple. Fruit cylindrical, of a dull green 
colour tinged with red; when ripe, it gradually- changes to a dull ochre colour, 
thickly covered with meal. Pips rather below the middle size, and slightly pro- 
minent. Scales covering nearly one of the pips, and terminating in lengthened 
reddish coloured points ; when approaching maturity, it gradually changes to a 
dull ochre colour. Flesh very pale yellow, almost white, teuder, abundantly 
juicy, free from fitre, crisp' and melting; sweet without acidity; pleasant though 
not rich. Crown large and rather sweet, often accompanied by gills at its base, 
leaves numerous ; it is also inclined to emit suckers at the base of the fruit, and 
those on the stem are inclined to fruit before the other is half matured. 
18. Anson's. Anson's Queen, Lemon Antigua, of the Hort. Soc. Cat. Leaves 
long, rather more slender and erect than in the Otaheite, to which it bears a.con- 
siderable resemblance, particularly in the spines and flatness of the leaves. 
Flowers purple. Fruit cylindrical, before ripening of a darkish green and rather 
mealy ; when ripe of a bright lemon colour. Pips rather above the middle size, 
prominent at the margins and depressed in the centre. Scales covering half the 
pips, and ending in narrow acute points. Flesh white, opaque, entirely without 
stringiness, very sweet and pleasant, but without acidity. Crown middle sized, 
leaves not very numerous. Weight of fruit from three to fi^e pounds, not of 
much excellence. 
19. Montserrat. The Copper, Cape Coast, Bogwarp, Red Ripley, New 
Ripley, Copper Coloured Antigua, Cochineal, and Brazil, of the Hort. Soc. Cat. 
Old King, St. Kitts, Malacca and Sumatra, of some gardens. Antigua Rubra 
of the French. — Indian Creole and Cockscomb, in St. Vincents, and Chevaliers 
in Sierra Leone. Easily distinguished from all other varieties by the dark pur- 
ple colour of the spines, which are small and irregular ; good specimens of it 
will weigh from three to five pounds. Flowers purple. Fruit cylindrical, some- 
times broader at the top and narrower downwards ; before ripening, dark green 
and mealy, afterwards of a pale orange tinged with a copper-colour. Pips mid- 
dle sized, and rather flat. Scales covering one-half the pips, of a deep red to- 
wards the points, which are rather lengthened. Flesh solid, lemon-coloured, 
