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known; and in Western N.Y. more than 30 years passed away, after
the Indian had resigned his old peach orchard to the white man,
before it was introduced amongst us."-- From New Genesee Farmer,
in Farmers' Register, Petersburg, Va. 1840, (Nov.), p. 665.

"As I have for about 30 years, [i.e. since about 1810] occasionally
had my attention drawn to this subject [Yellows] I am willing
to throw in  my mite of experience.  I am fully satisfied that
the complaint exists.  Some persons say that the worm at the root
is the cause of the Yellows.  I acknowledge that any disorder that
destroys the trees will cause the leaves to turn yellow, but the
complaint I call the yellows will kill a whole orchard, without
any visible wounds, on or before the third or fourth full crop.
I think where any neighborhood abounds with peach orchards, it
will be nearly impossible to keep clear of the disease.  x x

"I think I have <s>some</s> seen evidences of its being in some degree
contagious.  Richard Cromwell, the respectable and worthy peach
raiser, near Baltimore, has for upwards of 30 years supplied that
city with peaches of the best quality on a large scale. Sometime
since when I was walking with Mr. Cromwell through his peach orchard,
when the trees were hanging full of ripe fruit, he pointed
out a tree that he said had the yellows, having a full crop upon
it, *** and to me it appeared healthy; but he observed to me 'as soon
as I take the fruit from the tree, I shall dig it up, in order
to prevent the disease spreading any farther, for I expect the
        