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know but little about the jjcach, except that il comes well recommended 

 Perhaps Mr. Francis, of Springfield, can tell us something. 



Dr. Hooton — 1 don't think we ought to go very fast in recommend- 

 ing these early peaches. 



Mr. Galbraith — This early ripening migtit have been caused by 

 the yellows. 



Mr. Flac.g — T can hardly think there could be any mistake in de- 

 ciding whether a tree had the yellows; possibly this first peach might 

 have l)ecn from a tree affected in this may. 7'he color of this Alexander 

 peach, so very red, is a little suspicious. It is known that trees affected 

 with the yellows give to their fruit an unhealthy red. 



Mr. Hilliard — I would like to ask Mr. plagg if he has seen any- 

 thing in the Alton district that may be properly called the yellows. 



Mr. Flagg — I don't know that I have. 



Mr. Hilliard — I have never seen any thing that I thought was the 

 Xxnt yelioivs in the Alton district. I have seen something that resembles 

 it, but it is not the true yellows. 



Mr. Phenix — I think it very probable that these peaches were pre- 

 maturely ripened. 



Mr. Huggins — I think it is well to make haste slowly in adopting 

 new kinds of fruit; in my grounds this season, I have had Early Yorks 

 ripen before Hale's Early, and some Hale's Early ripened three weeks 

 later than others. More than one year is necessary to test a peach. Some 

 of you will remember that some years ago my neighbor, Mr. Pettingill, 

 thought lie IkkI a ver\ early and desirable peach, which afterward proved 

 to be from a diseased tree. 



Mr. Robinson — 1 have seen this peach of Mr. Capps' growing at 

 Mr. G. \V. Minier's; it seems very strange that we should originate three 

 earlier peaches than any known, in one year. This leads me to suspect 

 that these peaches are from trees that have the yellows. 1 do not know 

 the disease when 1 see il. 



Mr. Galusha — The colui of a peui h prematurely ripened 1)> tlie 

 yellows has an unnatural, bright, mottled appearance; I will ask Mr. 

 Robinson if the peaches seen by him had this appearance. 



Mr. Robinson — The color did not look natural, was bright, but 1 

 thought not a healthy color. 



