AND ITS DISEASE. 73- 



miles south of Philadelphia, that we can reason- 

 ably look for a more extended limit. Why then 

 should not the peach be permitted a place on the 

 farm, and raised to the dignity of a new staple for 

 Pennsylvania, and at once for the counties con- 

 tiguous to our great markets supplying the annual 

 want which is now supplied from adjoining States ? 

 From the quick return of the crop under careful 

 culture of four short years, the six counties of Del- 

 aware, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, Berks and 

 Lancaster, may reap a rich harvest from the pro- 

 duct of the peach orchard, increasing yearly, to 

 meet the increasing consumption and in a little 

 while yielding more in profits than any other branch 

 of farm industry, not excepting Lancaster's great 

 staple tobacco. 



