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Show FRENCH PRUNE CROP GREATLY DAMAGED. The French prunes, known to commerce com-merce the world over, are produced prlnclpually In the southwestern purl of France In the Department of lat-ctGaronne lat-ctGaronne This year It was expected expect-ed that this crop would la a measure meas-ure Bave the southern agriculturists from the general failure, as the crop seemed abundant up to September. However, the ripening prunes are j showing lh had effecSi 01 .Vtnost eonstant rains and severe hall storms and are covering the ground under th I tr-"s. They fall off before- complete j ri aturlty and. the klns being cracked crack-ed from rain arid hall, they are tin-, fit tor dry In Th prune of Frame are generally dried by artificial beat, j un'IVe thoe of California, which are dried by tho sun. It may then-fur to cousubi-rej that 'hi year French pnine-t will rot bo a fac'or In the, worlds markets. anV thnt American ' pruni i.iJy be Imported If the price, perml's It , Nacte-s as a distributing center for conhl-r.!!" parr of w-tern and . central France ought t i U 0 good j mar Ire t fir lM producl Coimular Report. 1 ' |