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Peters, the fruit grower, William Coxe, of Burlington, N.J.,
says:-

"I am perfectly ignorant of the disease to which you
give the name of the yellows.  Nothing of this description 
has ever appeared among my peach trees.  For four or five
years past, my trees have borne well. and have resisted the worms."
Ibid. p. 120.

6.  "On peach Trees." By Richards Peters, Belmont,
Nov. 17, 1807.

"I still think, that the disease, so generally fatal
(more so this year than any other in my memory), called the
yellows, is atmospherical." Ibid. p. 189.

" I received verbally from a wealthy farmer (Mr. Bellah)
who is  the proprietor of a considerable landed estate in Delaware,
[about 2½ miles East of Dover], the following account, which he says is generally applicable
to the culture of peach trees in the southern country:" [Here follows the account.]

" 'In Kent Co., Del., they cultivate the peach without a
difficulty of risk. x x The crops are certain, abundant and
well-flavored. x x They obtain fruit in three years in
plenty; and the trees have been known to endure fifty years.
        