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Sale of Eggs. 



771 



tion of the Blue, or St. Anthony's plum, which is excellent 

 for jam, and the Royal plum amounts together to about 1,000 

 tons, the centres of sale being Veyrac, Les Quatres Routes, 

 and Gramat. 



Bigarreau cherries, which are a very good table fruit when 

 ripened under favourable conditions, are less cultivated than 

 the kino! called Red Bigarreau, or Madrianne, which is a very 

 pulpy fruit of medium size and of very marketable quality. 

 The production is large, 2,588 tons being sent to England in 

 1905, chiefly from Objat and Brive. 



There are several varieties of peach, but the conditions of 

 transport are unfavourable. 



A large table apple which is much grown :s the Sainte 

 Germaine, or De l'Etre. The total production is about 1,200 

 tons, and the centres of production are Masseret, Uzerche, 

 Tulle, Juillac, Ayen, and Brive. German fruit merchants 

 are said to have bought 800 tons of this variety this year. 



A remarkable variety of chestnut is produced in Lubersac, 

 Vigeois, Juillac, Uzerche, and Tulle, the total production 

 amounting to 2,575 metric tons. In the south of the district 

 the walnut takes the place of the chestnut in the north. 



Potatoes, green peas, and melons are also grown, and 

 truffles are produced in some districts. 



The cost of shipment by fast train from Objat to London 

 (464 miles) via Boulogne, for fruit is at the rate of £6 55. 5^. 

 per ton for small lots, and 18s. 2d. for 5 ton lots, and for 

 vegetables 18s. 2d. and £5 6s. 8d. respectively. The 

 charges via Calais are about 3s. higher. Goods generally 

 arrive on the market the second day after their despatch, that 

 is, in about thirty-six hours. 



The outlet which Industrial Co-operative Societies possess 

 for the sale of many classes of agricultural, dairy, and garden 

 produce, has suggested that there is an 

 Sale of Eggs through excellent opening in many cases for 

 an Industrial these Societies to purchase produce 

 Co-operative Society, direct from their members and others in 

 the vicinity instead of obtaining their 

 supplies from wholesale dealers. This is particularly the case 



