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The Windsor Cherry. 

 We have several tino varieties of 

 Biggareau cherries, as Rockport Big- 

 gareau, the prolific Napoleon Biggar- 

 eau, and the magnificent Yellow 

 Spanish, all of which may be classed as 

 Early cherries. The best late Biggar- 

 eau so far grown to any extent in 

 Canada, is the Tiadescants Black, or 

 Elk horn, a tine large cherry, and the 

 tree a most abundant bearer. Its 

 (juality is, however, not the l)est. There 

 is, therefore, a place for a good late 



variety of good quality such as the 

 Windmr. This cherry was oiiginated 

 by I^Tr. James Dougall, of Windsor, 

 Ont., whence its name. It somewhat 

 resembles the Elk horn, yet is quite 

 distinct, and ripens thiee or four days 

 later. The flesh is firni and of fine 

 (|uality, and the tree is hardy and pro- 

 lific. By fa\or of Messrs. Ellwanger 

 iV Barry, of Rochester, we are able to 

 show our readers an engraving of this 

 new and promising cherry. 



VITICULTURAL. 



When to Winter-Prune the Grape. 



This may be done at any time after 

 the leaves have dropped, and the buds 

 are in a dormant state, without injury 

 to the vine or materially affecting the 

 growth or wood or fruit the following 

 season. While a majority of e.xperi- 

 enced grape-growers think that no one 

 particular time has any advantage over 

 another, so far as the next season's crop 

 is concerned, there is quite a diversity 

 of opinion on this subject among a few 

 of the knowing ones, who make it a 

 rule to carry out their particular no- 

 tions. Some prune in the fall, otheis 

 in the winter, and others in the spring, 

 and all with about the same results ; 

 which goes to prove, to my own satis- 

 faction at least, that it is immaterial 

 when it is done, so far as affecting the 

 following season's growth of wood or 

 fruit. There is an old adage, however, 

 that reads thus: "Prune early for 

 wood, and late for fruit." There are 

 .some who profess to believe in this, and 

 only carry it out in part, as their desire 

 for fruit is so strong they are very sure 

 to prune late every time, and still they 

 have plenty of wood. With niy own 

 experience for many years, witli both 

 early and late pruning side by side, I 

 have not been able to see any difTer- 

 ence in favor of either. I would there 

 fore recommend pruning at any time 



that best suits convenience, while the 

 vine is at rest, the weather pleasant 

 and tlie shears sharp. — Ex. 



Manuring the Grape. 



The government committee in 

 France, after several years' investiga- 

 tion of the manuring of the grape and 

 of results of a series of experiments 

 with potash manures, reports strongly 

 against nitrogenous manures, including 

 stable manure, as being " more hurtful 

 than useful,'' which accords with com- 

 mon practice, also that feeble grape 

 vines consume as much manure as 

 vigorous vines. 



Potash should enter into the com- 

 position of manure for grape vines, the 

 elements in the soil being generally in 

 bad condition for assimilation ; potash 

 carries forward, in some way, with it 

 the other fertilizing principles. 



Potash from the root passes to the 

 vine, to the leaves, then to the twigs, 

 to arrive at last at the fruit, of which 

 it favors the development. Its migra- 

 tion is comparable to those of the 

 nitrogenized elements and phosphates. 



The potash introdu<-ed through the 

 root in the course of a season is not en- 

 tirely consumed, since it is found after 

 fructification, reserved in sufficient 

 ([uantity, in the wood and in the twigs. 



-Rural MfsfSfuyer. 



