VLADIMIR 



WOOD 



155 



many by a Mr. Timme, Omaha, Nebraska, 

 about 1900. 



Tree medium in size, rather vigorous, upright-spreading, 

 open-topped, healthy. Leaves 3% inches long, 1% inches 

 wide, obovate, thick, stiff, leathery ; margin finely ser- 

 rate, tipped with reddish-brown glands ; petiole % inch 

 in length, with 1 or 2 large, globose glands. Flowers 

 1 inch across, in dense clusters. Fruit early ; over % 

 inch in diameter, round-oblate ; color light red becom- 

 ing dark red at full maturity ; stem 1 inch long ; flesh 

 yellowish-white, with abundant pinkish juice, tender and 

 melting, pleasantly flavored ; sprightly ; good in quality ; 

 stone semi-clinging, round-ovate, plump, prominently 

 ridged along the ventral suture. 



VLADIMIR. P. Cerasus. Vladimir is a 

 Morello-like cherry not more promising than 

 any other of the many competitors of English 

 Morello. The cherries are large, very similar 

 in size and appearance to those of English 

 Morello; the pit is small; the skin is very 

 thin and separates readily from the pulp; the 

 flesh is dark red with dark-colored juice, and 

 too astringent and sour for dessert, but very 

 good for culinary purposes. The tree is much 

 like that of English Morello, but is more dwarf 

 and not so productive, and ripens its fruit very 

 unevenly. Vladimir has the reputation of 

 being one of the hardiest of all cherries. It is 

 said to come true from seed and to do better 

 on its own roots than on either Mazzard or 

 Mahaleb. The Russians succeed best with it 

 when it is propagated from sprouts and al- 

 lowed to form a bushy plant with several 

 stems, the oldest of which are cut from time 

 to time. Vladimir is a generic name for a 

 group of varieties grown in Russia in the 

 province of Vladimir, east of Moscow. J. L. 

 Budd, Ames, Iowa, imported a number of 

 these Vladimir cherries from central Russia 

 about 1880. 



Tree dwarfish, round-topped, very hardy, productive. 

 Leaves numerous, 3 inches long, 1% inches wide, oval, 

 thick ; margin finely serrate, with dark-colored glands ; 

 petiole % inch long, glandless or with 1-4 small, reni- 

 form, greenish-yellow glands. Flowers midseason, white, 

 1 % inches across ; borne in scattering clusters in twos, 

 threes and fours. Fruit very late ; % inch long, 1 inch 

 wide, round-cordate, slightly compressed ; cavity rather 

 shallow ; suture a line ; apex rounded ; color dark red 

 almost black at full maturity ; dots numerous, small, 

 russet, inconspicuous; stem slender, 1% inches in length, 

 adherent to the fruit ; skin thin, separating from the 

 pulp ; flesh dark red, with very dark-colored juice, 

 stringy, melting, sprightly, astringent, sour ; of fair 

 quality ; stone semi-clinging, large, long-ovate to oval, 

 with smooth surfaces. 



WINDSOR. Fig. 142. P. avium. Windsor 

 is the standard late Bigarreau and one of the 

 most profitable cherries grown in America. 

 In color, the cherries meet the market demand, 

 as buyers prefer a dark-colored sweet cherry. 

 The fruits are firm and stand harvesting and 

 shipping well; and, at a season of the year 

 when brown-rot is usually rife, Windsor is 

 fairly free from this scourge of the sweet 

 cherry. The quality is good, equaled but not 

 surpassed by others of its class. The trees 

 have the reputation of being the hardiest of 

 the Bigarreaus, of thriving in many soils, and 

 of being fruitful. To offset these merits, the 

 trees have three rather serious faults: they 

 do not come in bearing early; they are tall 



142. Windsor. (XD 



and upright in growth, being almost fastigiate, 

 so that it is difficult to harvest the crop; and 

 the load of fruit is 

 not well distrib- 

 uted. Cherry- 

 growers agree that 

 the worst of all 

 pests for this fruit 

 is the robin, and 

 that Windsor is 

 freest from this 

 thieving bird. 

 Windsor originated 

 on the farm of 

 James Dougall, 

 Windsor, Ontario, 

 and was intro- 

 duced to fruit- 

 growers in 1881. 



Tree large, vigor- 

 ous, upright-spreading, 

 open-topped, very pro- 

 ductive. Leaves 4 inches 

 long, 2 inches wide, 

 oval, thin ; margin 

 double crenate, glandu- 

 lar ; petiole 1 ^4 inches 

 long, with 1-3 globose, 

 reddish glands. Flowers 

 midseason, white, 1% 

 inches across ; borne in 

 scattering clusters, in 

 ones and twos. Fruit 

 late midseason ; 1 inch 

 in diameter, oblong to 

 conical, compressed ; 

 cavity deep, wide, flar- 

 ing ; suture a line ; 



apex rounded, with a depression at the center ; color 

 very dark red becoming almost black ; dots numerous, 

 small, russet, obscure ; stem slender, 1 % inches long, ' 

 adherent to the fruit ; skin thin, adhering to the pulp ; 

 flesh light red, with 

 reddish juice, tender, 

 meaty, crisp, mild, 

 sweet ; good to very 

 good in quality ; stone 

 semi-free, ovate, flat- 

 tened, blunt-pointed, 

 with smooth surfaces. 



WOOD. Fig. 

 143. P. avium. 

 Governor Wood. 

 Wood is preemi- 

 nently a sweet 

 cherry for the 

 amateur. The trees 

 are tender to cold, 

 are not quite pro- 

 ductive enough to 

 make the variety 

 profitable, and are 

 somewhat fastidi- 

 ous as to soils. To 

 offset these defects, 

 they are vigorous 

 and healthy and 

 bear early. But 

 the chief fault of 

 the cherry is to be 

 found in the fruit. 

 The flesh is soft 

 and the cherries 

 will not stand han- 

 dling in harvest- 



143. Wood. (XD 



