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with fancy paper, for 15 centimes {l^d.) each, and each little 
box containing 1 kilo, of Cherries, when sent to Paris, fetches 
from 4 to 5 francs in the early season. 
Various Cherry Districts. — For a considerable distance round 
Paris farmers cultivate Cherries for trade purposes. The smaller 
villages make quite an honest penny in this way. Thus, 
Villiers- Saint-Frederic (Seine-et-Oise), with a population of 300, 
sends every season 30,000 francs' worth of Cherries to Paris. The 
capital also receives consignments of both Cherries and Bigarreaus 
from Montmorency, Dammartin, Meaux, La Celle-en-Brie, Esbly, 
Quincy, and even from Vernon and Gaillon. 
Lyons and Macon have in their neighbourhood important 
plantations of "Bigarreau" and " Guigne " Cherries for local 
consumption. Trevoux sends consignments of Bigarreau rouge 
and Guigne noire luisante both to Paris and London. Couzon, 
in the Lyons district, sends every year more than 100,000 kilos, 
of Cherries to Paris. 
Cherry trees can be cultivated along the seacoast, as shown 
by the vast plantations at Carhaix (Finistere) and Balzac 
(Charente). 
Ten thousand kilos, of Cherries are exported annually from 
the rich Maine-et-Loire department. In the centre of France I 
have seen extensive plantations at Olivet, and on the outskirts 
of Orleans, with large trees of the Guigjie blanche variety, often 
grafted on to the Anglaise ; also of the Olivet Cherry, a common 
variety in the Montmorency district. 
B. — Cherries used in the Majiufacture of Brandy (Kirsch-iuasser)> 
The Brandy (Kirsch) Cherry is cultivated on fallow lands, 
and in plantations along the roads, as anyone may see in 
the Haute- Savoie, the Jura, the Doubs, and the Haute- Saone 
districts, where its commercial value is constantly on the 
increase. 
The varieties preferred for distilling are neither early nor 
late, but a mid- season variety called locally Bouge amdre, Bouge 
Grand' gueue, Journee, Frontelle, Tinette (red varieties). Noire 
basset^ Baissard, Haut Chdteau, and Noisette (black varieties), 
and several others, which are used only for the manufacture of 
Kirsch. 
The Guigniers Tinette (" Rouge des Vosges ") and Baissard 
