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not subject to the attack of the birds, as for 

 example the Bigarreau class, which have a 

 flesh too firm for their beaks. Without at- 

 tempting to make reference to the other de- 

 sirable varieties of sweet cherries, we 

 show two of our latest market kinds, the 

 Elkhorn and the Windsor. This latter has 

 been introduced with a great flourish, and 

 since it is of Canadian origin, we hope it 

 may prove the best of its class. We have 

 planted a few hundred trees, being so well 

 pleased with the first samples borne in our 

 experimental plot ; but a few years' experi- 

 ence may be needed to determine whether it, 

 or the Elkhorn, is the more valuable for 

 main crop. The latter has been grown for 

 forty years at Maplehurst, and often bears 

 a prodigious crop of fine dark fruit. Both 

 ripen about the middle of July when other 

 varieties are out of the market, and conse- 

 quently bring good prices. Both are sub- 

 ject to rot in wet seasons, but possibly we 

 can control this by treatment with copper 

 sulphate. 



The English Morello Is the best late sour 

 cherry. It is a famous cropper, dark in 



Fig. 2339. Elkhorn. 



Fig. 2340. English Morkllo. 



color, and will hang long after it is ripe. In 

 the Western States it has been sold under 

 t'le name of Wragg, and no doubt some 

 nurserymen have been making money out 

 of fruit growers by selling this old variety 

 under a new name. We have them both 

 side by side in our experimental plot, and 

 can see no diff"erence whatever. 



Of cooking cher- 

 ries none can com- 

 pare with Dukes, 

 a class of semi- 

 sour, red cherries, 

 that cannot be ex- 

 celled for sauce 

 and pies. The May 

 Duke is a familiar 

 example of this 

 class, which is fre- 

 quently ready for 

 use the latter part 



ot June. Among the others of the class, we 

 have the Olivet, a sparse bearer, and most 



Fig. 2341. 



