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on old standards in all country-places. Towards the end 

 of August, the Cassolette, a small pear of good flavour, 

 and the Rousselct de Rheims, made their appearance ; and 

 the Poire d'Angleterre (a beurre), began to be called 

 through the streets in every quarter of the city. — Apples 

 were more plentiful at London than at Paris. The Dutch 

 Codlin and the Carlisle codlin were abundant; and the 

 jenneting, the summer pearmain and the Hawthorndean, 

 were not wanting. At Paris very few apples appeared. 

 The summer Calville, a small conical dark-red fruit, and the 

 pigeonnet, were the only kinds I remember to have seen. — 

 Plums, on the contrary, were more plentiful and in greater 

 variety at the Marche des Innocens than at Covent-Garden. 

 At Paris, the Reine Claude, of excellent quality and quite ripe, 

 was sold at the rate of two sous, or one penny, a dozen ; while 

 the same plum (green-gage) cost a penny each in London, 

 though in an unripe state. The next in excellence at Paris 

 was the Prune royalc, of good size, and covered with the 

 richest bloom. The Jaune-hativc, the drap dor, the mi- 

 rabelle, the musk-damson or Malta plum, were common ; 

 likewise the Precoce de Tours, remarkable for its peculiar 

 dark hue ; and a deep violet-coloured plum called Prune 

 noire de Montrcuil. The Blue Perdrigon was just coming 

 in. At Covent Garden the Primordian or jaune-hativc, 

 and the moroceo or early damask, were the only ripe plums 

 to be seen. — Apricots were much more plentiful at the In- 

 nocens than at Covent-Garden. The common apricot, the 

 Portugal and the Angoumois, which much resemble each 

 other, were frequent, ; these were small, of brisk flavour: 

 The Abricot-peche, however, not only excelled the others in 

 size, but, in my opinion,'jn quality, holding that superiority 

 among the Parisian apricots which the Moorpark does 

 among the English ; and it, appealed in considerable abun- 

 dance. At London only the Etonian and Moorpark were 



