. The American fruit culturist. ced of the stem,which contain dormantaxillary buds, but theseare slow in sprouting^and require a long timeto become are preferredas being much thestrongest and soonestto arrive at apples may beexpected from them intwelve months, andfrom slips and crownsinside of two stalk bears butonce and is renewed bythe suckers, which, ex-cept in a plant of extra-ordinary vigor, shouldbe thinned out to one or two; if more are left the fruit will besmall and inferior. The natural increase of the pineapple isexceedingl
. The American fruit culturist. ced of the stem,which contain dormantaxillary buds, but theseare slow in sprouting^and require a long timeto become are preferredas being much thestrongest and soonestto arrive at apples may beexpected from them intwelve months, andfrom slips and crownsinside of two stalk bears butonce and is renewed bythe suckers, which, ex-cept in a plant of extra-ordinary vigor, shouldbe thinned out to one or two; if more are left the fruit will besmall and inferior. The natural increase of the pineapple isexceedingly rapid. Starting with a single fruiting plant, andusing all the slips and suckers as they mature, it has beenestimated that, if all grew, the number in a dozen years wouldoccupy more than sixteen acres, allowing ten thousand plantsto the acre. Cultivation. Exemption from frosts in winter, combined with a season ofprolonged heat in summer, are requisites to success. Fromseventy degrees to seventy-eight degrees may be considered. Pig. 827.—Manner of Growth of Pineapples. THE PINEAPPLE. 681 a happy mean. Countries, even through frostless, wheresummers are cool, are unfavorable. Where there is sufficientheat, but occasional frosts and even light freezes of a fewhours duration in winter, pines have been found to do verywell when planted under partially open screens. In parts ofFlorida where such conditions prevail, they are successfullyand extensively grown under these structures, composed of acover of thin slats set a few inches apart, and supported byposts and cross-pieces six feet above the ground and eight orten feet apart from each other. Thus sheltered, no effects offrost will be seen, even when a thin glaze of ice forms out-side, and in a hard freeze the damage will be greatly covering also serves as a protection against the rays of asometimes too ardent sun, besides preventing excessive evap-oration of moisture from the ground. Even where there isno need of e
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