Personally, I say French. Clean furnishings, easier to groom and they don't need it as frequently, and like stated above, nice, meaty bodies under all that wool. I had to cull some kits to malocclusion, and there was quite a bit of meat for 8 week olds. Also, I talked to someone at a show/fiber festival recently, and she said that her English produce about three ounces of shorn fiber a molt. I'm getting four ounces Brushed ou of some of my smaller Frenchies, and 6 ounces a molt out of my highest producer. ( keeping in mind that the doe in question is 11.6 pounds, too big for show)