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Plumping up shrivelled market for France's famed prunes

Published Sun, Apr 19, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    Paris

    FRANCE'S famous Agen prunes have seen their market share shrivel in recent years under pressure from Chilean growers, but local farmers have ploughed money into modern methods in a bid to save their plums.

    The rolling valleys in the Lot-et-Garonne region of southwest France are speckled with the white flowers of plum blossoms at this time of year.

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