Voi.vrn.— No 40. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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f Peaches from Montreuil and Bagnoiet ; with 

 lese, paiiiers of Green Gages tastefully arranged 

 rrive, to dispute their claim with the consumers. 

 Then is recognized the great siiiieriority of the 

 roduots of those two communes ; peaches and 

 luins come from many other places ; hut the eye 

 "the experienced consumer decides, without dif- 

 Bulty, in favor of the products of the two first. 

 Is not oidy for fruits, that the cultures of Mon- 

 Cieiiil and Bagtiolet are distinguished ; my other 

 iports have represented, how fur the horticultural 

 dustry of the inhabitants have been extended. 

 At the same time that the market is enriched, 

 id glitters in all its splendor, with the most beau- 

 Pul stone fruits, it affords, to the less wealthy corn- 

 oners an immense quantity of inferior species, 

 very low prices. 



There arrive almost at the same time the Blan- 

 let, Deui-tettes, and the Epargne Pears, and 

 e Rambour and Pigeon Apples. 

 During the same period, the Cantelopc, and 

 her melons abound. There is no doubt that 



Ills culture amounts to more thaii two millions of 

 ancs, in Paris. In the space of two months, 

 is enormous sum passes from the hands of the 

 >nsumers to those of the gardeners. 

 The peach has disappeared, and fine plums are 

 > more seen towards the end of September ; they 

 •e immediately replaced by the Beurrc, Doyenn6, 

 ouille-Bouche, Rouselet, D'Angleterre and some 

 her pears of the season, to which are joined the 

 irly grapes. 



In Octobergi apes begin to arrive in abundance ; 

 It the superb Chasselas de Thomery merits pre- 



ininence, from the care which its culture re- 

 tires, and the intelligence with which it is di- 

 eted. 



The cultivation of the Chasselas is very pro- 

 ictive ; and we see with pleasure that it is ex- 

 nding, and that ultimately it will be sufficiently 

 1, particularly in Montreuil, as to produce a ri- 

 ilry with Thomery, most favorable to the consu- 

 ers. The cultivators, undoubtedly, should be 

 berally paid for their care and industry; *iut 56 

 ints for two pounds and a half of grapes is an 

 forbitant price, and mast excite competition. 

 . le Comte D'Issoncourt, has commenced the 

 iltivation of grapes, at Bagnoiet, on a large scale. 

 e supplied the market, in October last, with a 

 insiderable quantity of good Chasselas grapes, 

 e has, indubitably, imitators. 

 In the same month with the grapes, appear the 

 rasannc, Beurre, Doyenn^, and especially the 

 essire Jean pears, in abundance. Apples of the 

 ■St quality begin to come in; it is in anticipation, 

 is true, but the high price brings them forward. 

 fo the melons, have succeeded the cucumbers, 

 rkins, and other vegetables used as pickles, in 

 •eat quantity ; twelve or fifteen hundred baskets 

 'these are ranged daily in two lines, in the street 

 ux Fers. 



During this rich period of August, September, 

 id October, a large number of sacks of walnuts 

 •e brought in, whose kernels in the two first 

 lonths, sharpen the taste of the epicure, and in 

 le third, these nuts, still green, are not less the 

 'Dament of our tables. 



November ^till preserves many Chasselas grapes, 

 le pe^rs of the preceding month, and introduces 

 le Martin-sec, St Germain, many excellent apples 

 nd the small chestnuts of the environs. Toward 

 19 end of this month, the large chestnuts of 

 laute-Vienn^, Creuse, Cher, &c, begin to arrive. 



and, with the walnuts, are abundant until the 

 month of March. Nothing is to be said of the 

 hazelnut ; but few are seen in the market, and 

 those of a small kind. 



In December, pears and apples abounrl ; the 

 Calillat jjcar renders this month remarkable : wal- 

 nuts and chestnuts occupy a large space ; but in 

 the monotony of the market, the presence of win- 

 ter is recognized. One is however indemnified by 

 the sight of those brilliant apples raised upon 

 dwarf trees. This culture appears to be extend- 

 ing, and the high price of the fruit will amply 

 reward the cultivator for his labors. 



In January, the Bon-Chretien and St Germain 

 pears hold the first rank, but in small quantities, 

 and at very high prices ; it is this which makes us 

 regret that the Virgouleuse, Royal D'Hiver, and 

 Colmar are not seen in the market. 



The arrivals of a|)ples are sustained and are 

 reinforced by supplies broujiht in boats, when the 

 temperature is sufficiently mild to allow it. 



In February and March, the quantities of these 

 products are seen daily to diminish. Some small 

 baskets of good pears arrive, to be contrasted 

 with the sad appearance of the market, which 

 would be almost naked, if the apples brought in 

 boats, and some from Mans, with a few sacks of 

 walnuts and chestnuts did not appear, to give a 

 little relief to the scene. The nakedness is almost 

 complete in the month of April. 



When the last boat load of apples is landed, 

 which usually happens before the middle of May, 

 the retailers of the Fruit Market, ceremoniously 

 bear a May -pole, elegantly decorated, to the l.al- 

 leaux Drops, and place it upon the balcony of that 

 edifice. This is the signal of that which they call 

 in their language, the Renouveau, or the Aem Sea- 

 son; it is the enunciation of the last and first fa- 

 vors of nature, and it is rare, that the erection of 

 the May-pole does not coincide with the arrival of 

 the first strawberries, cherries, and green peas. 



TTie prices of Fruits in the Market of Paris for 

 eacft month in the year, extracted from the Reports 

 of M. Masson, Commissary General for 1828 

 and 1829. 

 The prices are in francs and hundredths. The 

 franc is equal to 18,^ cents. The first column 

 shows the prices of the best qualities of the vari- 

 ous kinds of fruits, and the second of the mid- 

 dling. 



APRIL. 



Apples, Calville blanc, per 100, 100, 100 



de bateau, or those brought 

 in boats 

 Pears, Bon Chretien 

 St Germain 

 Catillac 

 Strawberries, Four Seasons, per bas 

 ket of 30 



2, 1,50 



MAT 



Apples, Calville blanc 



Reinette franche 

 de bateau 

 A pi 

 Pears, Bon Chretien 



St Germain 

 Cherries, common per cornet 

 Gooseberries, per quart 

 Strawberries, per basket 



1,50 0,75 



1,25 0,25 



10, 1,50 



Pears, De Madeline, 



per 100, 25, 15. 



Apricots, 



Cherries, 



English, 

 common, 



Gooseberries, 



Currants, 



per 100, 40, 

 per basket, 10, 

 ' 6, 



' 4, 



• 3, 



' 6, 



Raspberries, pe- little basket, 2, 



Strawberries, Four Seasons, ' 1,50 



Montreuil, ' 1,50 



Pine-apple, ' 1,25 



20 

 4 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 1 



,50 

 1 

 1 



Walnuts, kernels of, per 100, 



.\lmonds, per basket 



Apples, Rambour, per 100, 



Pigeon, ' 



Pears, Blanquet ' 



Madeline, < 



Epargne, ' 



Peaches per basket of 8, 



Apricots, unripe, per 100, 



Ripe ' 



Peach ' 



Plums, Monsieur, ' 



Green Gage, ' 



St Catherine, per basket. 



Cherries, ' 



Bigarreaux, < 



English, ' 



Montmorency, ' 



Coni'non, ' 



Griotte, ' 



Figs, white per 100 



Mulberries, per little basket. 



Grapes, Madeline, per pound. 



Common black, ' 



Gooseberries, per basket. 



Currants, ' 



Black, per cwt. 



Raspberries, per little basket, 



Strawberries, Four Seasons ' 



Montreuil, ' 



Pine-apples, apiece, 



AUGUST. 



Walnuts, kcrnels,(i) per sack, 



green,C2) < 



Hazelnuts per basket, 



Almonds per 100, 



Apples, Rambour, ' 



Pigeon ' 



Pears, Deux tettes ' 



Blanquet » 



Madeline < 



Epargne ' 



Beurre ' 



D'Angleterre ' 



Doyenn^ ' 



Peaches, ' 



Nectarines ' 



Apricots ' 



Peach ' 



Plums, Monsieur, ' 



Damas violet per basket, 



Mirabelle ' 



Green Gage per 100, 



Gage, Violet, ' 



St Catherine per basket 



St Julien < 



Figs, White per 100 



Violet, per basket 



,85 ,75 



10, 5 



12, 8 



15, 8 

 20, 1 

 25, 10 

 30, 8 



16, 2 

 18, 6 



(1) — (2). The Walnut is eaten in Europe, as sood as 

 the kernels are formed, and are most esteemed in this 

 green state. It is the Juglans Regla, or Asiatic. 



