ON GROWING PINE APPLES WITHOUT POTS. 
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rather close together in the pit, and allowing their roots to run out 
of a pot, and as Dr. Lindley remarks, “a high temperature, with 
great atmospheric humidity are all causes of excessive vigour, and 
therefore unfavourable to flower buds.’’ By keeping the house warm 
and damp it is obvious the fruiting season will be retarded, provi¬ 
ding the plants are well supplied with water, and shaded a few hours 
in the middle of the day from the powerful rays of the sun. ” 
In all gardens where pines are grown, some particular kinds are 
favourites whether those are Providences, Envills, Antiguas, Globes 
or Queens. Supposing half a dozen or more of the Providence or 
other sorts which have become fine plants, and there is ground for 
fear, will fruit too soon, I would recommend turning them out into 
the bark bed, at the time of renewing the pits and increasing the heat; 
it will not matter whether this be in the winter or summer months. 
Plant them in the middle of the pit, forming with them the centre 
rows, which will allow the convenience of lining with bark, both at the 
back and front of them without having cause to remove them, if it 
should occur that they did not fruit till the following year. 
In planting them, place two inches thickness of broken potsherds 
for the ball to rest upon, and then with rich fine mould taken from 
the top spit of a pasture, well mixed with rotten pig manure, and 
potsherds broken to the size of field beans, place round the ball to 
thickness of four inches more or less, judging from the quantity of 
fibres belonging the plant. 
The broken potsherds being mixed with the soil, tend to dry up or 
carry off the superfluous moisture, which otherwise might be injurious 
to the tender roots. Take away as many of the lower leaves, as the 
plant will allow without injury, place the compost close round the 
ball and stem, and cover the whole with a little new bark. The roots 
will run freely in the compost, and the plants may be expected to be 
much finer, and the fruit larger. The green, when shewing ten or 
twelve eyes deep, may be grown to weigh six pounds or more. 
Coleorton, October 20 th, 1834. 
