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market demands a dark-colored cherrj' ; its 

 value is higher than any sweet white cherrj'. 

 The Windsor ripens at the time people want 

 cherries. It is large in size, hard in flesh. 

 Take a large one and you can take three or 

 four bites out of it before you digest it. In 

 1898 the net price received per pound was 

 ten cents, and in 1899 twelve cents a pound. 

 I undertake to say that there is no cherry, 

 as a market cherry, at the present time, that 

 equals the Windsor. 



Mr. Geo. T. Powell— Mr. Willard has left 

 out one of the most valuable features of this 

 of this fruit. He speaks of the value of the 

 fruit, all of which I indorse, but he has not 

 mentioned the exceedingly valuable quality 

 of the tree. It is one possessing unusual 

 resistance to disease. It is a ver\- strong 

 tree, constitutionally. Some of our cherries, 

 the Black Tartarian or Black Eagle, are 

 difficult to raise ; it is impossible to get an 

 orchard to stand. They will grow two or 

 three years and then are attacked by disease, 

 and by five or six years you have a badly 

 broken orchard. The Windsor cherry will 

 stand side by side with the Black Tartarian, 

 and when that goes out the Windsor shows 

 no evidence of disease. Therefore, I prize 

 in the Windsor cherry- its ability to resist 

 disease. 



A member — What time does it ripen ? 



Mr. Powell — In eastern New York it 

 begins to ripen about the sixth to the tenth 

 of July ; perhaps a little later in western 

 New York. 



Is there any other new cherry of promise, 

 commercially ? 



Pres. Barry — The Bing is a new one. 

 Has any one tried it ? 



Mr. Willard — Yes, sir ; I have tried it. 

 The cions were sent to me from Oregon. I 



have had it for three years, and it is one of 

 the most beautiful and excellent cherries in 

 every respect. It resembles the Windsor, 

 but is a little larger. Some of them had a 

 circumference of three to three and one-half 

 inches, by actual measurement. I was so 

 interested in fruiting the cherry that I 

 referred to some works I had from the state 

 of Oregon, and found it noted as one of the 

 most promising new cherries they had seen, 

 and I think it will bear out everything said 

 about it there. I think a man who has that 

 and the Windsor ought to be happy. 



Prof. Van Deman — What is the best sour 

 cherry ? 



Mr. Willard — 1 think the Montmorency 

 Ordinaire the best and most profitable sour 

 chern,- we have at the present time. The 

 English Morello is also good. 



Are there any new peaches of special value for 

 the orcharaist ? 



FITZGERALD. 



Mr. Anderson — I have a few trees ; got 

 the buds in Canada. Last year we picked 

 the first fruit, which proved to be insignifi- 

 cant. This year the same trees fruited 

 finely. 



Q. How does its size compare with the 

 Early Crawford ? 



A. It is not quite as long, but is a good, 

 fine-sized peach. 



Q. W^hat is its season for ripening ? 



A. I think a little later than the Crawford. 



Mr. Willard — I saw it on Mr. Morrill's 

 place, in Michigan, and it was very satisfac- 

 tory. I have it growing, but have not yet 

 fruited it. In hardiness of bud it is excel- 

 lent. 



Mr. C. K. Scoon — As to quality, I would 

 say that it is more than good, it is superb, 

 and equal to Late Crawford. 



{To be continued. 



