TH E WAVED-LEAVED P IN E -A P P L E .
The Waved-Leaved Pine. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p . 14.
Ananassa debilis. Lindley in Bot. Tteg.fol. 1068 in textu.
This Pine was first introduced into notice by-
Mr. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery ; but its origin is
unknown. I t is readily distinguished from all others
by its flaccid, waved leaves, which never acquire the
rigid, erect character of the Queen Pine and its
varieties. From its peculiar habit, it has been considered,
in the work above quoted, as a distinct
species. I t fruits in about two years from the
sucker.
Leaves large, flaccid, spreading, wavy, dark
green, slightly mealy above, and stained with dull
purple; teeth reddish, small, equal sized ; the full-
grown leaves are about three feet long, and a well-
grown fruiting plant occupies a space of about three
feet in diameter.
F lowers pale purple.
F ruit oblong, or tun-shaped; before ripening
very deep green, when ripe dull yellow, with a
greenish cast on one sid e ; nearly destitute of mealiness.
P ips projecting, middle-sized, pointed, as
long as the scales, the uppermost of which are nearly
destitute of a point, the lowest have a withered.
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