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some two year or older trees.  The effects on the trees
visited by them was plainly visible, the leaves turning yellow
and not having anything like their usual size; many trees
dying on right, others so weakened as to be entirely worthless."
x x [Mr. Myer describes a meeting of Milford, Del.,
Fruit Growers' Society, at which were present some distinguished
fruit men  from abroad. He dug up and took some of
these aphis-infested trees.]  "Taking a spade and grubbing-hoe
I marched off first and dug up two or three of the two
year peach trees, root and branch, that had been covered literally
black with peach aphis in the spring, but had disappeared
on the approach of hot weather, letting some of the branches
be on with the leaves, and the roots as left by the aphis.
Taking the peach branches with me when I was called upon to 
give my store of information, I presented the tres[trees] aforenamed,
asking the doctors what ws the matter with those trees. To
my surprise David Petitt, of New Jersey , pronounced them
genuine cases of yellows.

"I can tell you it caused no little merriment in the 
crowded room of Delaware Fruit Grower.  Not one ever hearing
much less seeeing [seeing] a case of genuine yellows. [about 1875]
as we have learned of it through books and papers in other
sections. [There was probably very little if any
yellows about Milford in 1875]
        