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in this town [Burlington, Vt.] [Burlington, N.J.], but generally, north of latitude
43° it is hardly worth cultivation."--Northern Fruit
Culturist.  By Chauncy Goodrich, 2nd Ed., Burlington, 1830 p. 93.

"The yellows is a contagious disease, supposed to be
contributed by the pollen or <s>farria</s> of the blossoms;  x x  The
characteristics are, the leaves assuming a sickly yellow appearance;
short and slender branches putting forth, sometimes
two or more together, presenting a very sickly appearance,
with small narrow leaves; and small mottled fruit ripening
prematurely.  The only remedy is utterly to destory all
trees infected with the disease , taking care to remove all
the roots from the ground."--Description Catalogue of Fruit
Ornamental Trees, etc., for sale at the Linnean Botanic
Garden and Nursery, Winter & Co. Flushing, L.I. 1844-5, p.34.

"This [yellows] is a jaundice or consumption in peach
trees, to which, they have become liable within the last fifty
[seventy] years, constituting the only real difficulty in
raising this fruit. x x   It has probably arisen from long-continued
neglect of culture, combined with overbearing. x x
The only know palliatives or rather preventives are moderate
manuring, ordinary summer cultivation of the ground, so as to
        