Potin

ON SUNDAY [SEPTEMBER 29, 1907] … What you experienced with the Portuguese grape is something I know so well: I am feeling it simultaneously in two pomegranates I recently bought from Potin; how glorious they are in their massive heaviness, with the curved ornament of the pistil still on the top; princely in their golden skins with the red undercoat showing through, strong and genuine, like the leather of old Cordovan tapestries.

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ON SUNDAY [SEPTEMBER 29, 1907] … What you experienced with the Portuguese grape is something I know so well: I am feeling it simultaneously in two pomegranates I recently bought from Potin; how glorious they are in their massive heaviness, with the curved ornament of the pistil still on the top; princely in their golden skins with the red undercoat showing through, strong and genuine, like the leather of old Cordovan tapestries.

pomegranates « bindu wiles 2009

But he merely cut him short by asking him: 'Is Saint-Potin your real name?

French Word-A-Day: 2007

Mais il l'interrompit simplement pour lui demander: "C'est votre nom, Saint-Potin?"

French Word-A-Day: 2007

But he merely cut him short by asking him: 'Is Saint-Potin your real name?

potin - French Word-A-Day 2007

Mais il l'interrompit simplement pour lui demander: "C'est votre nom, Saint-Potin?"

French Word-A-Day: 2007

But he merely cut him short by asking him: 'Is Saint-Potin your real name?

French Word-A-Day: 2007

Mais il l'interrompit simplement pour lui demander: "C'est votre nom, Saint-Potin?"

French Word-A-Day: 2007

…What you experienced with the Portuguese grape is something I know so well: I am feeling it simultaneously in two pomegranates I recently bought from Potin; how glorious they are in their massive heaviness, with the curved ornament of the pistil still on the top; princely in their golden skins with the red undercoat showing through, strong and genuine, like the leather of old Cordovan tapestries.

pomegranates | Bindu Wiles 2009

Mais il l'interrompit simplement pour lui demander: "C'est votre nom, Saint-Potin?"

French Word-A-Day: 2007