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in the hearts of the plants should be con¬ 
stantly drained out, lest it injure the 
rising flower-stem; at other times it is 
not likely to cause mischief. 
There are many varieties (so called) 
scattered through the gardens, though 
but few of them are generally grown. 
Those mentioned in the accompanying 
list are most usually adopted, because 
of their superior flavour and precocity in 
fruiting. 
Antigua, Black. A strong-growing kind, 
with large exquisitely flavoured fruit, 
cylindrical in shape, and usually weigh¬ 
ing from four to seven pounds. It is 
best when cut a little before it is ripe. 
The leaves are furnished with very 
large spines. 
Bucks Seedling. A very large variety, 
with handsome pyramidal fruit, but 
only second-rate in quality; a good 
market fruit, as it comes in quickly. 
Cockscomb, Russian. A round-fruited 
variety, of good size and quality, 
weighing about four pounds. Its 
leaves are armed with large strong 
spines. It is a useful summer fruit. 
Enville. This is a moderate grower, 
with large, very handsome, pyramidal 
fruit, weighing from five to seven 
pounds, but rather deficient in flavour. 
Syn. Cockscomb, Enville Sugarloaf, 
Old Enville 
Globe, Russian. A strong-growing kind, 
with medium-sized round fruit, of 
about three pounds weight, and very 
fine flavour. The leaves have very 
large spines. 
Jamaica, Black. A vigorous grower, 
with handsome, large, dark-coloured 
cylindrical fruit, of about four pounds 
weight ; the leaves have small spines. 
It is of first-rate quality, and retains 
its flavour in winter better than any 
other variety. Syn. Black Barbadoes, 
Copper-coloured Jamaica, Montserrat 
(of some). St. Yincent’s Sugarloaf, 
Tawny. 
Jamaica, New. A medium grower, with 
fruit of good size, though less than 
the preceding; pyramidal in shape, and 
of excellent quality; by no means so 
good a wint er fruit as the Black Jamaica, 
though, when ripened by a summer’s 
sun, is inferior to few. The leaves 
have small spines. Syn. Brown An¬ 
tigua, English Globe, New Black Ja¬ 
maica, St. Kitt’s. 
Providence, White. This, though not 
a first-rate kind, because deficient in 
flavour, is yet very generally grown, 
on account of its handsome and verv 
large fruit, often weighing eight to 
ten pounds, and freely produced; it is 
oblong and pale yellow; the leaves 
have small spines. Syn. Mealy-leaved 
Providence, New Providence, Provi¬ 
dence, Wollaton Providence, Wollaton 
Green Providence. 
Queen. A dwarf-growing kind, with 
small cylindrical fruit of excellent 
quality. This variety is well known, 
andmaybe regarded as the most useful, 
because of the little time required to 
bring the plants to a fruiting state. 
It ripens almost equally well in winter 
as in summer; the leaves have large 
spines. Syn. Broad-leaved Queen, 
Common Queen, Ordinaire, Narrow¬ 
leaved Queen. 
Queen, Moscow. This is an excellent, 
compact-growing kind, with small 
fruit resembling the last, and as quickly 
produced; its average weight is two 
pounds and a half 
Queen, Ripley’s. Another very good 
variety, of the same class as the other 
Queens; remarkable for its very high- 
flavoured fruit and precocity. 
Ripley. This resembles the Queens in 
all respects, except that the fruit is 
round, and is often confounded with 
the Ripley’s Queen; the fruit of which, 
however, is cylindrical. Syn. Heaton 
House Montserrat, Old Ripley, Rip¬ 
ley’s Queen. 
St. Yincent’s. A neat variety, with 
small fine-flavoured fruit, pyramidal 
in shape, which ripens well in winter. 
Syn. Bahama Sugarloaf, Green Olive, 
Green St. Yincent’s, St. Thomas’s, 
Stubton Seedling. 
Sierra Leone. A large, erect-growing 
kind, with handsome highly-flavoured 
cylindrical fruit, of about four pounds 
weight. 
Sugarloaf, Brown. Large pyramidal 
