24–30 November 1862

Great harvest this year of apples and pears. I suppose I have sold a hundred barrels of apples, when I add the August and September sales to the winter apples. Beurre Diels (pears) have been an excellent fruit for the last month, and were still perfect at Thanksgiving. Passe Colmars perfect also on that day. We had a profusion of Seckels and of Louise Bonnes. We had two or three barrels of them, and not less than four barrels of Gloutmorceaux (which proved excellent from December 22 to January 6 ; and now to February 6).'