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with a temperature of about 45°, which 
may be increased by gentle gradations 
in the course of a month or six weeks to 
55° for the average, in which heat they 
will bloom and set their fruit, when it 
may again ascend 10°, to ripen them off 
quickly.. Plenty of water, light and air, 
are essential all through their progress, 
and without either, a failure will cer¬ 
tainly result. Forcing these fruits is 
generally deferred till February, because 
of the difficulty to afford them sufficient 
of the two latter essentials at an earlier 
period; after this time, however, no 
forcing crop is more certain when judi¬ 
ciously treated; low houses, or such as 
have accommodation for standing the 
plants close to the glass, with efficient 
ventilation, are the best for them. 
In the following list we confine our¬ 
selves to the mention of only such as are 
of acknowledged superiority, a great 
number of the older sorts being com¬ 
pletely worthless, and we may add, 
those who grow twenty kinds even of 
those named, will have more sorts than 
they are likely to distinguish : 
Aberdeen Beehive. Represented to be 
a large, fine-flavoured, high-coloured, 
and most prolific variety; ripe middle 
of June; good for forcing. 
Bishop’s Wick. A large conical first- 
rate varietv; ripens about the end of 
June. 
British Queen. Large, round, occa¬ 
sionally flattened, of excellent quality, 
and bright colour; an excellent bearer; 
ripens about the end of June. 
Downton. A large ovate fruit, of good 
quality and dark colour; ripens from 
the beginning to the middle of July. 
Svn. Knight’s Seedling; Knight’s 
No. 7. 
Elton. Similar to the last in size and 
quality, and about a fortnight later; 
one of the best late kinds. 
Globe. An hautbois, roundish in form, 
of medium size and quality; a good 
bearer; in season from the end of 
June to the middle of July. Syn. 
Antwerp, Danish. 
Green Pine. A large round fruit, flat¬ 
tened somewhat at the ends, of good 
quality; ripe about the middle of 
July ; the flesh is green, and has a rich 
pine-apple flavour. Syn. Pine-apple, 
Green Alpine, Powdered Pine. 
Grove End Scarlet. Large, round, flat¬ 
tened at the ends, very rich and hand¬ 
some ; a great bearer, and forces well; 
in season from the middle to the 
end of June. Syn. Atkinson’s Scar¬ 
let. 
Hooper’s Seedling. A large, handsome, 
highly-flavoured variety; a good 
bearer, and forces well; ripe from the 
middle to the end of June. 
Keen’s Seedling. A well-known variety, 
esteemed as one of the best for gene¬ 
ral cultivation and for forcing; fruit 
roundish, large, and of first-rate qua¬ 
lity ; ripe from the middle to the end of 
June. Syn. Keen’s New Seedling, 
Keen’s New Pine, Keen’s Black Pine, 
Murphy’s Child. 
La Liegeoise. A very large, handsome, 
highly-flavoured variety, said to be an 
extraordinary bearer, and very hardy. 
Large Flat Hautbois. A large roundish 
fruit, of delicious flavour, a great 
bearer, and more constant than the 
majority of the class; ripe from the 
end of June to the beginning of July. 
Syn. Bath, Formosa, Lowder’s Wey¬ 
mouth, White. 
Myat’s Eleanor. An excellent variety, 
of large size, good flavour, and very 
productive; ripening its fruit in long 
succession; the secondary berries 
being almost equally as fine as the 
first. 
Myat’s Pine. Of medium size, and sur¬ 
passing richness in flavour, but tender 
and difficult to grow. 
Old Pine. Of medium size, ovate, and 
first-rate in flavour; not so produc¬ 
tive as some others, but deserving a 
place in every garden; ripe about 
the end of June. Syn. Black Pine, 
Blood Pine, Carolina, Carolina Pine, 
Common Carolina, Grandiflora, Large 
Carolina, Old Scarlet Pine, Old Caro¬ 
lina, Scarlet Pine, Skew’s Scarlet, 
Superior, Surinam. 
Old Scarlet. A variety with rather 
small fruit of good flavour and very 
bright rich colour, on which account 
it is preferred for confectionary pur- 
