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Show How Pineapples Grow. Many persons hnvo an Idea that tho plneapplo grows on n treo. As n mat-tor mat-tor of fact, It eo in os out of tho ground as a stalk, tho plant growing to a holght of four foot. It divides at onco Into swonMl'co leaves flfteon In number, num-ber, from tho center of which projects pro-jects n stiff, upright ptom, and at tho top of this stom grows tho fruit. Tho stem Is short and tho crowi. of tho fruit, when full grown, Is a foot or moro below tho tips of tho leaves. Kach plant produces a single "applo," but when that Is pulled a Httlp jmckor appears on tho stom, among tho loaves, and this becomes tho. head of tho plant and within n year produces another applo. This may.contlmip for years. . |