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did not spread fast while only the seed of the canned 

 fruit was used; for, as a rule, good healfchy fruit only 

 was canned ; and the only drawback was that it iras 

 budded and not natural. But evaporators were intro- 

 duced, at first to use up and dispose of the poor and un- 

 salable fruit, the premature, the unripe, the over-ripe, 

 the defective of every kind. And since then it is that 

 the Yellows has increased so alarmingly. And is it any 

 wonder ? The seed of this small, defective, and often 

 diseased fruit has been very largely used for propagation. 

 It was to be had almost for the hauling away; while 

 good, sound, and natural seed was difficult to procure, 

 and cost money. I feel thoroughly convinced that to 

 this cause, more than all others, are we indebted for this 

 baneful disease. Many facts tending to prove this might 

 be adduced, but their production would be tedious. 



The origin, nature and remedial treatment of Yellows 

 is being thoroughly investigated by the ablest scientists 

 in this country under the patronage of the United States 

 as well as several individual states, and we may hope that 

 the result will be the discovery both of the origin and 

 cure of this most fatal of all known diseases of the Peach. 



CHAPTER XXVIL 

 SPECIAL CULTURE. 

 ESPALIER. 



IN the peach growing districts proper, nothing but field 

 or garden culture is thought of, and no further directions 

 are necessary ; but for those who are not so highly favored, 

 some specific instructions in sheltered or in-door cultiva- 

 tion may be useful. And we may remark here that sev- 

 eral methods have been tried, and have found more or less 

 f avQr with gardeners. Most of the experiments in in-door 



