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At the Pépinière Dupuis

An adult and a child in front of a house covered in vines near an annex and a shed

Auguste Dupuis’ house and store
Location: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies (Québec)
Archives de la Côte-du-Sud, N.É. Dionne Archives Fund

You’ll find all the trees you want!

You’re in for a surprise when you consult the Auguste Dupuis archives. An incredible variety and quantity of fruit trees are listed there, including plum, pear, apple and cherry trees from France, Belgium, England, Ukraine, Russia and the Netherlands. Remember that we’re talking about the 1860s. August Dupuis was an avant-garde horticulturist. He began selling by catalogue and shipping items throughout the province of Quebec in 1868.

Varieties of fruit trees distributed
by Pépinières Dupuis between 1883 and 1920

Varieties of fruit trees distributed by Pépinières Dupuis between 1883 and 1920

Research report by Bernard Bélanger, historian,
Archives de la Côte-du-Sud, fonds Ruralys

The different varieties of cherries are not listed in the Dupuis archives, but we know that three were on the market: Early Richmond, Montmorency and May Duke.