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Yellows was severe at Lockport, N.Y. some years prior to
1884 in 20 acre orchards <s>J.S.</s> of good soil belonging
to J. S. Woodward.- C&C. [illegible]., 1884, p. 28.

"Vineland [N.J.] this year had a fair crop of peaches, her first" ***
"The growth of the trees is splendid [Oct. 19, 1868]" Corresp. in
C. & C. G., 1868., p. 291.

P. J. Berckmans lived at Augusta, Ga in 1884 & probably does
now. [Yes. 1890]

Cf. Houghton Farm from Experiments, No. 3 Series III. 1884.
In a letter to the C. & C. G. under date of Montreal, April
18, 1884 p. 376, 1884., Prof. D. P. Penhallows says: "In my first 
report for 1882 [Houghton Farm], I ignore contagion in this disease,
and have still [1884] no reason for believing in it."

A correspondent of C. Gent.[Country Gentleman], 1862., p. 235, from Cecilton, Cecil
Co., Md. says: "The peach crop is fast becoming the moneyed one;
hardly a farm is without its thousand or more trees.  The Cassiday
farm, now Reybold's, * has 400 acres in peaches.  There are several
other orchards nearly as large"

T. E. B. writing again in C. Gent., Sept., 1863, p. 209, from
Harford Co., Md. (See <s>previous</s> above page.), says: "Peaches have generally
failed in this neighborhood" Attributed it to yellows.  "The yellows
as it is called *** is contagioius, and a single diseased tree
will in a few years destroy an orchard.  Every one that looks
sickly, and especially one that ripens any of its fruit prematurely
should immediately be dug up.  The trees seem to thrive longest
here on a pretty heavy clay soil."  He says: "Rich ground and

*[This farm now, July 1888, <s>belongs to</s> is managed by [illegible]. P. R. Polk, of Wilmington, Del.]
yellows was very prevalent on it in August 1888!
        