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Agricole de Gaillon (Eure), cherries, pears, etc. ; 

 Syndicat Agricole de Quincy-Segy (Seine-et- 

 Marne), black currants, pears, etc. ; Syndicat 

 des Viticulteurs de Thomery (Seine-et-Marne), 

 grapes ("raisins de Chasselas," a white variety, 

 chiefly grown at or near Fontainebleau, and 

 celebrated for their sweetness) ; Syndicat Agri- 

 cole de Linas (Seine-et-Oise), tomatoes and 

 fruits ; " La Syndicate " de Groslay (Seine-et- 

 Oise), fruits and vegetables ; Syndicat des Jar- 

 diniers de Nantes (Loire Inf.), fruits and vege- 

 tables ; Union des Producteurs d'Oignons a 

 Fleur (Toulon), bulbs ; Syndicat des Proprie- 

 taires et Fermiers, Ollioules (Var), bulbs ; and 

 the Societe Cooperative de Tullins-Fures (Isere). 

 walnuts ("noix du Dauphine "). To this list I 

 will only add that a large number of associations 

 in Provence make from the olives grown by 

 their members an oil of excellent quality, for 

 which there is said to be a large demand. 



The results of collective action in securing for 

 the people advantages that could not have been 

 hoped for from individual effort were so striking 

 in all these various ways that the principle was 

 followed up in many other directions besides. 

 Associations were, for instance, formed for the 

 common defence of crops against different causes 

 of destruction <>r depredations, among them 



