Cherries at auction at Pilay in Courtedoux, peuchère!

Tart, clafoutis, jam or eau-de-vie are all ways to make delicious products from cherries. In Courtedoux, the communal trees of the Pilay pasture are auctioned each year for picking, as long as there is fruit. It is the municipal councilor Fabian Zürcher who turns into an adjudicator for the space of an hour to allocate the trees. “I see that all the regulars are there, he says perched on his stool to the dozen or so people present on Friday evening. We start at two francs as usual. Who says better? Five francs! Once, two times, three times… the first is sold.”

Curious, the heifers

Fifteen trees end up finding takers at unbeatable prices. The most expensive will start at twenty francs. Some…