THE 



Canadian Horticuuurist 



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THE WINDSOR CHERRY. 



'HIS cherry has been so much talked 

 about during- the past ten years 

 that our readers will be pleased to 

 see a colored plate of it as a frontis- 

 piece to this number. 



In Ontario the later cherries have proved 

 rather more profi able than the early ones 

 becauce of American competition. For this 

 reason we are inclined to plant English 

 Morello instead of Montmorency, and Elk- 

 horn and Windsor instead of Governor 

 Wood and Black Tartarian. 



Our colored plate shows prodigious fruit- 

 fulness ; but only in exceptional cases have 

 we found the Windsor to bunch in this way. 

 More often the fruit hangs in twos and 

 threes, and gives only a moderate yield. 

 The worst fault with the Bigarreau cherries 

 is their susceptibility to the Rot, and we 

 have found the Elkhorn very troublesome in 

 wet seasons. This same fault seems to be 

 common with the Windsor, but probably 

 can be controlled with Bordeaux spray. 

 Indeed Mr. W. M. Orr, of Fruitland, stated 



at Cobourg that he had succeeded in har- 

 vesting an excellent crop of cherries of va- 

 rious sorts, including the Windsor, during 

 this past season when cherries in orchards 

 not sprayed were perfectly worthless. From 

 his evidence it would seem that spraying 

 the cherry is most signal in its results in 

 controlling monilia. 



This cherry originated in the grounds of 

 the late James Dougall, Windsor, has 

 been well tested in New York State, and 

 has the reputation of being hardier than 

 most other varieties. 



We have grown it at Maplehurst for some 

 years, and have planted out about two acres 

 of the variety, but have not as yet sufficient 

 notes to make a permanent description of it. 

 We quote the following note from the re- 

 port of the Michigan Experimental Station, 

 which accords with our experience thus far : 

 " Free, vigorous, and a good cropper; fruit 

 large heart-shaped ; color dark red ; quality 

 very good, A very valuable market cherry.'* 



