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of enduring a very low temperature. The Elgin Beauty originated in 

 the township of Elgin, in Wabasha county, Minnesota; it is a medium 

 sized fruit, streaked with red on a yellow ground, moderately juicy, 

 sub-acid, in season from November to March. Tlie writer is not aware 

 that it has been planted in Ontario. 



A WORD nV WAKXIXO TO I'EAOII (IIJOWERS^ OF ONTARIO. 



r.V A, .M. S.MITII, DKUMMONDVILLE, ONTARIO. 



Perhaps it is not generally known, but it is nevertlieless a fact, that 

 the disease so destructive to peach orchards called the yellows, has 

 made its appearance in our midst. Quite a number of orchards along 

 the frontier, particularly in the vicinity of Drummondville and Stamford, 

 have had affected trees in them the last season, and some in the great 

 peach growing section of Grimsby. The symptoms of this disease are, 1st, 

 an enfeebled vitality, the foliage looks sickly; and, 2nd, tlie fruit ripens 

 prematurely, sometimes two or three weeks before its usual season for 

 maturing, it is usually high coloured, red and flecked or spotted, and is 

 red around the stone. This occurring in young trees newly planted, 

 has led many to think they had some new variety which was very early; 

 but the flavor is universally insipid and watery, and the fruit nearly 

 worthless. Hundreds of bushels of them were sold in Western New 

 York last season, their color recommended them, but no one would 

 care to buv them a second time. This disease, according to Downino;, 

 showed itself about the year 1800, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, where 

 many orchards showed decay and death without any apparent cause, 

 and it has since spread into nearly all the peach growing sections of 

 America. That the disease is contagious there is no doubt, and it is 

 also liereditary. Seeds from diseased trees will produce « diseased 

 nursery stock, and buds taken from them will produce disease where 

 inserted, and the pollen from the flowers of diseased trees is also be- 

 lieved to carry the disease to trees that are contiguous. In these ways 

 the disease has been spread over the country. It is therefore of great 

 importance to those planting trees to procure them from localities that 

 are free from this disease, and from parties who would use the utmost 

 care in getting seeds and buds not affected with it. 



