On this page

• Text (1)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    174' FRUITS IN THEIB SEASON-.- '

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    . Vii. King Pikje Apphe. "The King* Neve...

    p the inery Theory as the of thermometer Horticulture , , for " The , according skilful balancing to the learned of the author tempera of

    -. difficult ture and part moisture of the of gardener the air ' s constitutes art . ' It affords the most a pleasant complicated prospect and , howeverof future increased popularity for a luxury still only to be

    enjoyed , in perfection by the comparatively wealthy , to find a profesmore sional easil pine-grower brought bearing to maturity -witness than that an _" earl this y incomp cucumber arable . Thoug fruit is h

    liable to the y attacks of insectsit is less so than the peach , and is less _sj _^ eedilinjured bthem than , the common cabbage . It is also

    y y subject to very few diseases ; " the writer ' s testimony as to the ease with which it may be cultivated being finally summed up in

    the expressive dictum , that " every one that can procure stable dung ines . " "Whatever difficulties there may have

    heen in may its management grow p have certainly only sufficed to . call forth all the more in contending with and overcoming them , for to

    be a successful energy pine-cultivator has long been the acme of the British gardener ' s ambition . He might be great in grapes and

    admirable in asparagus , his flowers miglit be faultless , and his strawberries superbbut he still held but a second-rate position if

    with all this he were , still unable to produce a perfect pine , since in proportion to his ability in this respect were his services valued by

    the rich and the noble of the land . Thus incited , the triumph has been complete , and gardening art can now boast that the _j > me _ajDple

    can be procured in Britain in as hig \ h perfection as in almost any trical climateand nearlas rapidlymost kinds being brought

    op , y , to maturity in from fifteen to eighteen months , some sorts even , such as the Queenbeing ripened within a year of their setting .

    The Providence-pine , still requires two or three years , or even longer if the largest fruit be desired , but in this case flavor will be sacrificed

    to sizefor the best fruit rarely weighs more than from four to eight , pounds even this '; and wei the ht is tediousl sometimes y ripened attained twelve —may or fourteen as a showy pounder ornament —for ,

    please the eye , g but must never be expected to afford , much delectation to the palateThese iants arehoweverquite the growth of modern

    as days to , wei for in h . ten 1821 and , when g a half a pounds Providence , the monster p , ine grew was to thoug such ht magnitude a marvel g

    so unique as to be worthy of being , formally presented by the Horticultural Society to His Majesty the King * , at whose Coronation

    Bromelia banquet Miller , it Ananas writing was served yet in a up 1737 table in , state enumerates comp . iled a but few _Rve years varieties ago mentions of the

    , no less than fifty-two ; "but the Queen , ( believed to have been the first sort introduced here ) the Providenceand one or two othersare still

    the most usually grown , and the most , esteemed . One of the , most curious is the -Striped Surinamwhich has leaves beautifully

    variega-, ted with stripes of , dark green and delicate white , tinged with a fiery

    red and a cylindrical fruit variously marbled with red , green , yellow ,

    174' Fruits In Theib Season-.- '

    174 ' FRUITS IN THEIB SEASON-.-

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1861, page 174, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051861/page/30/