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THE RIPLEY PINE.
Ripley, or Old Ripley. Speechlffs Treatise, p. 252. Hort.
Cat. no. 70.
We represent this Pine for the sake of settling,
by a good figure and description, a disagreement
among Gardeners respecting it.
It has been long known that a Pine cultivated
upon the Ripley estate, in Jamaica, has in that
island the reputation of far surpassing all-other
sorts; but it has not been clearly pointed out to
which of two Pines cultivated in England, under
the name of the Ripley and the Ripley Queen, this
character should be ascribed. We therefore take
this occasion of stating, that while the fruit now
represented deserves great credit as an excellent
variety, the Ripley Queen is that to which the preference
is undoubtedly to be given. The latter is
very like a common Queen, but distinguishable in
foliage, and superior in flavour.
This is one of that tribe which Gardeners call
the Black, and very different from the Queen
tribe. It is an excellent variety for winter forcing,
and well deserving general cultivation. It is easily
known by the great quantity of mealiness upon the
pips.I
t has been received at the Horticultural Society’s
Garden, under the name of the Montserrat,
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