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Almonds are said not to blossom at same time as peaches.
Ibid. p. 496.

[(Do diseased trees blossom earlier than healthy one?)]
Yes, 1890.

H. E. Bidwell of South Haven gives the peach product of
Van Buren Co., after correspondence with a hundred of the
largest fruit growers, as follows:

Year,: 1872
Acres set,: 945
A. [Acres] in bearing.: 315
Bushels,: 62,929
Total.: $94,393
<s>Total</s> Av. pr. A. [Average per acre]: $300.00

[begin section marked for reexamination]{Reexamine these statistics
Year,: 1873 (Tp. [Township] of So. Haven)
Acres set,: [blank]
A. [Acres] in bearing.: 69
Bushels,: 9,072
Total.: $27,296
<s>Total</s> Av. pr. A. [Average per acre]: $431.68

Year,: 1874
Acres set,: [blank]
A. [Acres] in bearing.: 420
Bushels,: 84,100
Total.: $126,150
<s>Total</s> Av. pr. A. [Average per acre]: $300.00
[end section marked for reexamination]

[Was this for entire county? <s>)</s>
From amount it would seem only for the township.]
&quot;The average net per acre for the last three years [1872-
3, and 4] x x for peaches [was] $343.99."  This is for Van
Buren Co. Mich. Pom. Rep. 1874. p. 511 [small acreage]

[Try following experiment: remove all the blossoms from
at least twenty healthy trees in an infected orchard for
several years in succession.]
        