OF THE VARIETIES OF THE PINE APPLE. Of the Pine Apple, as of most other fruits that have been long in cultivation, there are many varieties. The principal part of those cultivated in this country have been obtained from the West India islands; but some also have been raised in this country from seed. Speechly states, that, in the year 1768, he raised seventy plants from seeds that were sent to the Duke of Portland from the West Indies, most of which varied distinctly either in the leaves or fruit, but the quality of the latter was very inferior. * * * * * The most esteemed varieties in present cultivation are: 1. _The Old Queen._ Fruit oval-shaped, and of a gold colour. Esteemed the hardiest kind, and fruited in fifteen or eighteen months. The fruit grows to a large size, often weighing from three to four pounds. It is much more certain of shewing fruit at a proper age and season than most of the other sorts, and has a just preference in most hot-houses. 2. _Ripley’s New Queen._ A sub-variety of the _Old Queen_, with a large elegant fruit; fruited also in an equally short period. 3. _Welbeck Seedling_; fruit small, generally broader at the head than at the base; of a pale yellow, or sulphur colour, with very flat pips; flesh white and tender, rich in flavour, with less acidity than is found in most other pines. _Hort. Trans._ iv. 213. 4. _Pyramidal_, or _Brown Sugar-loaf_. Cone-shaped, and dark coloured till it ripens; the leaves brownish, the flesh yellow. 5. _Prickly Striped Sugar-loaf._ Cone-shaped, the fruit of a golden colour, the leaves striped with black or purple lines. 6. _Smooth Striped Sugar-loaf_; similar to the above, but the leaves not prickly. 7. _Havannah._ Tankard-shaped; dark coloured till it ripens. 8. _Montserrat._ The leaves of a dark brown, inclining to purple in the inside; fruit middle-sized and tun-shaped, and the pips or protuberances of the fruit larger and flatter than in the other kinds. 9. _King Pine_, or _Shining Green_. The leaves of a grass-green, with few prickles, the pulp hard and rather stringy, but of good flavor when ripe. 10. _Green_, or _St. Vincent’s Pine_. A rare variety; when ripe the fruit is of an olive hue, middle-sized, and pyramidical. 11. _Black Antigua._ The fruit is shaped like the frustum of a pyramid: leaves of a brownish tinge, and drooping at the extremities, with strong prickles, thinly scattered. The pips of the fruit are large, often an inch over; and it attains a large size, weighing from three to four pounds. It is of a dark colour till it ripens; very juicy, and high flavoured. 12. _Black Jamaica._ The fruit is large, and the plant similar in character and habits to the above.