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alt_siriusOn second thought I shan't complete that; Hermione's reading this.
Right. Well, I have a very confused apothecary in Knossos, but a number of crates of Pliny's, two cases of the Tincture, one of Aphoresia's Iron-strong Tonic, and a palette of Cretan Fluxweed plants are on their way to the warehouses I hired in Calais. (I know you don't need *that* much, Poppy, but we must look legitimate - and what's the harm if we can sell the rest to St Mungo's or elsewhere, for that matter?)
We're in luck on the pomegranates - Fatima managed to snap up three bushels, last of the season, from a Berber contact of hers in El Tarf. Though if Malfoy doesn't get a move on soon, we'll have to dry those for preservation and I know that's a potential problem.
But the All-Heal Paste ... Sorry, Poppy. According to my apothecary there was a recall on the last six months' worth of production. Something about the feverfew plants having some kind of fungus or aphid infestation, it was hard to make out. My Greek is only a little better than his French, unfortunately, so a full explanation was impossible to understand. The long and short is, there's none to be had, I'm afraid.
I'm going to worry about the bezoars, tooth-ache tonic, and the rest once I get back to France. There's a place in San Remo that used to advertise Turkish salamanders, but of course, that was two years ago in some mail campaign or other, and who knows if the supply is really bonafide, even if they still stock them? But I'll look into it and see if I can remember where I saw them.
I'll be on the road, then, for the next few days, but I'll check in when I'm north of the Mediterranean again.
Right. Well, I have a very confused apothecary in Knossos, but a number of crates of Pliny's, two cases of the Tincture, one of Aphoresia's Iron-strong Tonic, and a palette of Cretan Fluxweed plants are on their way to the warehouses I hired in Calais. (I know you don't need *that* much, Poppy, but we must look legitimate - and what's the harm if we can sell the rest to St Mungo's or elsewhere, for that matter?)
We're in luck on the pomegranates - Fatima managed to snap up three bushels, last of the season, from a Berber contact of hers in El Tarf. Though if Malfoy doesn't get a move on soon, we'll have to dry those for preservation and I know that's a potential problem.
But the All-Heal Paste ... Sorry, Poppy. According to my apothecary there was a recall on the last six months' worth of production. Something about the feverfew plants having some kind of fungus or aphid infestation, it was hard to make out. My Greek is only a little better than his French, unfortunately, so a full explanation was impossible to understand. The long and short is, there's none to be had, I'm afraid.
I'm going to worry about the bezoars, tooth-ache tonic, and the rest once I get back to France. There's a place in San Remo that used to advertise Turkish salamanders, but of course, that was two years ago in some mail campaign or other, and who knows if the supply is really bonafide, even if they still stock them? But I'll look into it and see if I can remember where I saw them.
I'll be on the road, then, for the next few days, but I'll check in when I'm north of the Mediterranean again.
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Date: 2009-02-04 11:35 pm (UTC)If you'll keep an ear out for news about the All-Heal, it will surely be available again one day soon.
(I'm choosing to think it a bit of good fortune that the recall happened before you tried to make that purchase: imagine if you'd gone to the trouble to ship it through to us only to have it prove worthless -- or harmful.)
Wonderful about the Iron-strong tonic, too. And the fluxweed plants. Now if we can only get them here and collected before they wither.
Sirius, this is really just the best news I've had all week.
Carry on, then, and keep safe!