In the elaborate works most typical of his career, Roesen often introduced the two-tiered marble table top, not of an actual table, but an artistic caprice. In the present example, the artist brought considerable organizational competence to bear on the greengrocer's pile he chose to paint. The two levels of the large rectangle are joined together by the implicit diagonal running from the stem-borne berries at the lower left through the grape leaf and tendrils at the upper right. In addition, a second compositional form is introduced: a horizontal oval defined by the light within which clusters of usually white grapes alternate with rounded fruits such as peaches. The bottom of that oval is emphasized by the convex curve of the table which is then reiterated by the curves of the watermelon slice and the ceramic fruit basket.

Signing the work with a tendril of the grape vine is a Roesen characteristic, an elegantly self-conscious touch that has undoubtedly helped boost his appeal in the contemporary art market.

His name disappears from the Williamsport directories after 1872, the year of his last dated painting. It has been suggested that he died while returning to New York City but no clear evidence exists.