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“Iam told that the export of prunes in general might be benefitted 
by exporters using for this purpose specially made barrels to contain 
100 kilos., or 220 Ib. casks.” 
The kind of prunes more particularly distinguished as “ French 
plums” are a special industry of Southern France. Their mode of 
preparation and the extreme care bestowed upon it seem to be little 
FRUIT-CURING in the South of France. 
About 60 miles above Bordeaux there falls into the Garonne a fine 
river which, taking its rise among the mountains of Cevennes, follows a 
co 
made with other varieties no others have yet been discovered that will — 
yield the established qualities of the * French plums.” It is rather - 
capricious in its growth, for its area of cultivation does not extend very 
far fro i i Iluvial soi 
strict 
built 
looking than French, its houses shaded from the fierce southern sun. 
* A somewhat similar account is given by Mr. George W. Roosevelt, United 
id Consul at Bordeaux (Reports from the Consuls of the United States, Septem- 
n 1888, pp. 444-448). There is an t in the Journal of the Society of Arts 
arch 1889, pp. 328, 329. $ 
