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by which the majority of peach growers first de- 

 tect the disease, is as indicative and as marked in 

 its symptoms of approaching death as the "black 

 vomit" in the human system. This next indica- 

 tion to which we now refer, is seen in the small 

 wiry shoots springing from the body and large 

 branches, or from the roots at the base of the tree, 

 producing in every instance small yellow lanceo- 

 late (lance-like) leaves, and the whole tree assum- 

 ing a sickly appearance in leaves and branches, 

 and producing small highly colored fruit with the 

 peculiar spots and blotches as before described, 

 only more numerous with flesh deep red and 

 stringy, and fruit worthless for any purpose of 

 family use or for marketing. I am so entirely 

 familiar with the appearance of the diseased peach 

 tree in all its stages, that I can readily tell the 

 condition of an orchard by examining a few gen- 

 eral samples of its fruit at maturity, either prema- 

 ture or healthy. In a special disease the discovery 

 of the cause may be the means of leading to the 

 discovery of a cure, but if the special remedy be 

 known, the doctor can get along with the patient 

 without troubling himself so much with the cause 

 of disease. It is pretty generally believed that the 

 cause here arises from a Parasitic Fungi in the 

 bark and roots of the tree, but it is not for us just 

 here to discuss that question, nor is it at all neces- 

 sary, as we know our remedy and the course of 

 treatment to bo applied, which has proven entirely 



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