FRUIT CULTURE IN FRANCE. 
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The Gooseberey (Ribes Uva-crispa or Grossularia). 
Gooseberries may be grown in gardens, grafted into the 
stock of the Bihes aureum. But we generally cultivate it in 
the natural way, propagated by cuttings or layers. Nowhere in 
Europe is this fruit more appreciated than in England. Goose- 
berries are largely cultivated at Rosendael, near Dunkerque, 
grown in rows in the kitchen-gardens, together with the Black 
Currant, Cherry, and half-standard Plum trees, for the purpose of 
protecting the vegetables from the sea breezes. The production 
of the large varieties of Gooseberries is so great that up to 
2,000 kilos, are sent to the London market every day with the 
Potatos from the same place. Gooseberries are also popular in 
the North of France, but they are not grown at all in the South. 
At the present time, French nurserymen propagate millions of 
the variety called " Industry," which is not affected by mildew ; 
and the plants are sent to the fruit farmers of the United States. 
The Nut (Corylus). 
Hazel-nuts grow wild in parks and forests, and on borders of 
large properties, and are sometimes found planted among orchard 
trees. Very little care is needed for their cultivation, and the 
fruit is easy to gather, and stands carriage very well. For trade 
purposes the Noisettes fmncJie, Aveline, and Provence varieties 
are preferred. In the Var district, and at Decapris, near Hyeres, 
the Grosse de Provence variety is cultivated in plantations, 
which produce 800 to 1,000 francs' worth per hectare, not counting 
the profit from the Strawberries and Violets, which surface the 
ground and benefit by its irrigation. In this rich district planta- 
tions are made at the rate of 100 lo 150 Nut bushes per hectare. 
The first real crop produced is in the fifth year. The fresh Nuts 
are consigned to Paris in August, or collected, dried, and sold on 
the spot in September to merchants for the confectioners and 
chocolate makers. Paris alone takes 500,000 kilos, of them. 
Bushes trained on short stems of from 50 to 80 centimetres, 
thanks to a moderate irrigation, live a long time without need- 
ing any special treatment. Garthe and several districts of 
La Vendee and Bretagne have borders of Nut bushes separating 
the different properties, and forming hedges to roads and path- 
ways. The town of Mans exports annually 4,000 hectolitres of 
