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were ripe. The grapes, therefore, fell much short of 

 Mr Macdonald's expectations. They were chiefly of the 

 kind called Chasselas or Fontainebleau ; and we must in 

 candour remark, that as this is the sort most generally used 

 at table in Paris, there can be little doubt, that a month 

 hence, when properly ripe, they will be found much supe- 

 rior in quality to the specimens now in the market. A 

 few bunches, with very large berries, were probably the 

 white Corinth grape. Some pottles of alpine strawberry, 

 having the berries packed with the utmost nicety and neat- 

 ness, caught Mr Macdonakfs attention. On examination 

 we think, that, as a sub-variety, this fruit is different from 

 any known in Scotland. It is remarkable for its narrow 

 and oblong shape, and for delicacy of flavour. We un- 

 derstand it is called the Majauf or strawberry of Bargemont. 

 In speaking of the treatment of the wood strawberry at 

 Haarlem (p. 211.) we mentioned that new plants are pro- 

 cured every second or third year from the woods at Boskop, 

 the cultivated plants proving speedily exhausted. The 

 French gardeners experience the same necessity for renew- 

 ing the plants ; but they adopt the more scientific and 

 equally effectual mode of raising them every second year 

 from seed. Seedlings of the alpine strawberry, it is remark- 

 ed, are less liable to sport than those of other kinds ; and 

 they frequently yield fruit late in the autumn of the first 

 year. 



Several other sorts of fruit are also sold at the Marche 

 des Innocens. Late peaches and nectarines were still pret- 

 ty common, and of excellent quality. The kinds were 

 principally the Bourdine, Teton de Venus, Rambouillet, 

 and Nivette. They were chiefly, it is believed, the produce 

 of Montreuil. * 



