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several orchards were planted that are healthy now, while orchards
set fifteen years ago would all be diseased before
they were four years old, so that it is not as bad now as
when it first came."--Winchester Ibid. p. 379.

N.W. Lewis says it cannot be cut out.--Ibid. p. 378.

Yellows has been at Lawton, Mich., nine years, i.e. since
1879.--Hon. C. D. Lawton.--Ibid. p. 377.

"The disease of the peach tree known as yellows is common
in this locality, and has been more or less so for the
last <s>fifteen</s> twelve years"--T. T. Lyon. Ibid. p. 377.
[common since 1875.]

Yellows on new land. Ibiid. p. 379.

<s>Ask for Dr. Black's book.</s>

In 1852, the yellows was described as the disease "which
for thirty has killed off the trees by thousands."--The Plough,
Loom, and Anvil. Vol. V. Part I. N.Y. and Philadelphia, 1852.
p. 347.
        