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REPORT ON THE FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



No. 24 



WINDSOR. 



A valuable late cherry for either home use or market, its firm flesh making it a better 

 shipper than most dark colored cherries. Indeed, from the middle to the end of July, when 

 this cherry is at its best, there is no other to compete with it, the Elkhorn being just over 

 The tree is not an early bearer, and the 

 fruit is verj' suliject to the rot in some 

 locations and needs thorough spraying with 

 Bordeaux to prevent this fungu?. 



Origin : by .Tames Dougall, Windsor, 

 Ontario. 



Tree : a vigorous, upright, symmetrical 

 grower, healthy, very hardy and productive. 

 Fhuit: large, {^ inch long by 1 inch 

 wide ; form round, obtuse, heart-shaped ; 

 color dark red turning darker as it hangs ; 

 stem li inches long, set in a moderately 

 deep cavity ; in tw'os and threes ; suture 

 obscure. 



Fj.esh: yellowish, with reddish tint; 

 texture firm, moderately juicy ; flavor rich 

 and sweet. 



Qu,\lity: dessert very good ; cooking 

 poor. 



Value . first class. 

 SE.isox : late July. 

 Adaitation: farther north than most Bigarieau cherries 



WiNDSOU. 



WOOD. {Governor Wood.) 



This varietv has proved itself a most satisfactory cherry for both dessert and market pur- 



posi'F. It is a very productive xariety, and, 

 though somewhat tender in flesli, is not 

 nearly so subject lo ravages by birds as Early 

 Purph; or Tai'tarian. Originated by Pr..)f. 

 Kirtland, of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. ,A. 



Thee: upright, spreading, healthy, 

 vigorous and hardy wherever the peach 

 succeeds. 



Fkcit; medium to large 5 to f of an inch 

 in length and breadth respectively ; form 

 I'onndishdieartshaped ; skin light yellow, 

 shaded with light to deep red ; stem 1 1 to 1| 

 inches long in a broad deep i avity ; suture 

 .if' distinct on one side. 



Fi.Esn : yellowish ; texture tender, juicy : 

 flavor sweet, aromatic and delicious. 



t^rAi.iTv: dessert, very good. 



Vau'e; market, first and second class. 



Season late June. 



