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color. It is one of the most solid cherries that 

 I know, the flesh being almost plum-like in 

 its firmness. There are few cherries as good 

 in quality and probably none any better. 



Unfortunately the trees have some faults 

 that prevent the variety from being as widely 

 planted as it otherwise would be. In the first 

 place they are inclined to grow very tall and 

 as a result it is difficult to harvest the crop. 

 They do not come into bearing at an early age 

 and in some localities never produce heavy 

 crops. In most places where the sweet cherry 

 is commercially grown, however, the Windsor 

 is a profitable sort and in Michigan and New 

 York is the standard late variety. The fruit 

 ships well and is resistant to brown rot and is 

 also "resistant" to the worst enemy of the 

 cherry-grower, the birds. For some reason 

 the bonnie robin redbreast does not take as 

 heavy toll of the Windsor as he does of many 

 other kinds — perhaps by the time it ripens he 

 has had his fill of cherries and has turned to 

 a less strictly vegetarian diet. 



Wood 



For many years the Wood, or the Governor 

 Wood as it was called before the American 

 Pomological Society operated on its name, 

 was one of the favorite varieties of sweet cher- 

 ries for the home orchard. It has never been 



