THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



may allow goods on commission to waste, iu order that his own may 

 lie sold to advantage. 



The Yellows. — It appears, as has been shown by a previous writer 

 in these pages, that we are in danger of an invasion from this plague 

 of tlie peach orchards. Growers here, being unable to get sufficient 

 ([uantities of home grown trees, have in time past imported largely 

 from the States, without sufficient enquiry about their origin. In this 

 way some trees have been imported in which the Yellows was heredi- 

 tary, and is now showing itself. 



The premature ripening of tlie fruit, the spotted skin, the deep 

 color about the pit, the appearance on the tree of adventitious shoots, 

 slender, and bearing yellowish leaves, all prove conclusively that we 

 have need to beware of danger, and speedily to destroy every vestige 

 of such trees from our orchartls. 



At a recent meeting of the peach growers, in the Town Hall, 

 Grimsby, the following resolution was moved by the writer, and 

 carried : - " That whereas we are made aware of the presence of the 

 Yellows in one or two peach orchards about Grimsby, therefore 

 Resolved, that we do most strongly advise every grower to carefully 

 watch the first indications of its approach, and at once to uproot every 

 tree aft'ected by it; and further, to use the utmost caution in the 

 selection of trees for planting." 



The following letter will be of interest in this connection. 



Newburgh, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1878. 

 Mr. a. M. Smith, Dear Sir : — Your favor at hand, and in reply say 

 that you describe the Yellows very correctly. I know of no positive 

 cure, and the only preventive that I know of is to mark the trees 

 when you discover that they are diseased and remove them the following 

 fall, otherwise those standing near will take it the next season. The 

 first appearance of the disease is that one or two branches will ripen 

 their fruit a week or two before the usual time. When you notice 

 this, mark your trees, and remove them. We have had the Yellows 

 here at intervals for over sixty years, sometimes continuing for five or 

 six years and then several years free from it. But much depends 

 upon the care that is taken to keep rid of it, not only yourself but 

 your neighbors. Very respectfully, 



Chas. Downing. 



