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in a year or two the Anglaise hdtive. It is forked over twice a 
year, and that is all. The approximate expense per hectare for 
such an orchard is as follows : — 
Rent of land 50 francs. 
Two forkings over, at 30 francs . . 60 
Care of the trees, pruning, clipping, and 
ridding of caterpillars . . . 25 ,, 
Gathering of the fruit .... 200 „ 
Total . . 335 
Produce : 4 kilos, per foot, at 25 centimes 
the kilo 800 
By deducting expenses .... 335 
Net profit per hectare . . 465 
Some proprietors obtain much more ; but it must be observed 
that as their wives and children do the gathering, the expenses 
under this head are much reduced, the proprietors in this case 
only having to consider the cost of cultivation. During a good 
year the commune of Saint-Bris alone sells 100,000 francs' worth 
of Cherries. There are there about 400 hectares of Cherry trees, 
of all ages, of which half are at their best for bearing. Here 
and there amongst the Anglaise hdtive is cultivated the large 
black Cherry or Griotte, which is sold to the distillers of Paris. 
The Cherry orchards in Champagne, the marshes or stony 
wastes of the Marne, Aube, and Haute-Marne, are beginning to 
be covered with the Anglaise species of bush Cherry trees grafted 
on the Mahaleb. 
In the neighbourhood of Vitry-le-Franyois a variety of 
Bigarreau is cultivated under the name of Gounne." It is a 
firm-fleshed variety with coloured juice, suitable for dry pre- 
serves, jams, and even for Cherry brandy. 
The Franche variety (early or late) has a sourish taste, and 
is now as common in Champagne as it used to be in the Mont- 
morency valley. The vineyards of the Aube are full of them. 
In the neighbourhood of Troycs they are consumed on the spot, 
preserved in brandy, or made into jam. The trees well resisted 
the severe winter of 1879-1880. 
