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INTRODUCTORY. 



A desire to see the great State of "Pennsyl- 

 vania, and more especially its rich and fertile 

 districts east of the mountains, engaged in the 

 cultivation of the Peach, and supplying the 

 markets of its cities with this luscious fruit, 

 instead of spending thousands of dollars an- 

 nually for the benefit of the peach growers of 

 Delaware and Maryland, is the impulse that 

 prompted me to write the following pages, and 

 to present them to the public. 



It is well known that the Peach would be 

 extensively cultivated in this State, did not the 

 fatal disease, the Yellows, prevent its success- 

 ful cultivation. My long experience in the cul- 

 tivation of this fruit gives me the passport to a 

 correct knowledge of this disease, and how to 



