Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1920 — Royal Grapes at Low Prices. [ARTICLE]

Royal Grapes at Low Prices.

The vine which belonged to the kings of France still exists at Fontainebleau and beers fruit. One day In September the administration of the demesnes, according to established SMtom, sold the grapes by award. There were 600 ki ios of grapes, and the astonishing thing is that they sold flor OK francs! Tot the little common grapes to be bought on the Paris street barrows fetch from 20 to 25 sous the pound. Royal grapes grow cheap these days in France, it would seem. Those purchasers must have thought themselves fortunate; cheep and good la not a combination often to bo mot with io Fee nee nowadays