THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



1801 



THE WINDSOR CHERRY. 



^HE Windsor Cherry, which forms the subject of our frontis- 

 piece for this number, takes its name from the town of 

 Windsor, Ont., where it originated on the grounds of the 

 late James Dougall. It was bought up by Messrs. Ell- 

 wanger &: Barry, of Rochester, who have introduced it to 

 pubHc notice, and therefore it has been first tested in the 

 State of New York. It has been favorably mentioned 

 every year of late in the report of the Western New York 

 Horticultural Society, and appears to have now attained an 

 established reputation as the best late, sweet black cherry. 

 In season, it is a little later than the Elkhorn, or Trades- 

 cant's Black Heart, a variety which is a prodigious bearer 

 of fine large fruit, and firm enough for shipping any dis- 

 tance ; but, unfortunately, the latter is inclined to rot in 

 moist weather, a fault which it has in common with most of the Bigarreau class, 

 and one to which we hope the Windsor may prove an exception. The great 

 value of this cherry to us in Canada is its hardiness, and, should it prove to be 

 in this respect all that is claimed for it by its introducer, it will extend the line 

 of the profitable culture of the finer varieties of the cherry farther north than has 

 hitherto been possible. In southern Ontario the Windsor will also be highly 

 valued on account of its season, for it will keep up the supply of fine cherries 

 well on toward the end of July. 



