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Rutter on the Peach, 1880, says Somerset Co., Md., was
and is entirely free from "yellows" of the peach.

Under date of May 25, 1887, in a letter to the Department,
Henry J. Nettleton, of Durham, Conn., says his peach
trees have been troubled by yellows and are short-lived, especially
if the grow thriftily and rapidly.

"All attempts to raise peach trees have proved unavailing
for the last eight of ten years, in consequence of the 
'yellows'."--A. Hoover, Centreville, Wayne Co., Ind., Dec. 24,
1850, p. 375 Patent Office Report (Agric). 1850.

Notes from "History of Michigan Horticulture." By T. T. Lyon
1887, State Printer's. <s>illegible</s>  Reprint from
Mich. State Hort. Report, 1887. Yellows Law, 23.

Geo,. Parmelas, Benton Harbor, planted two and a half
acres of peach trees in the spring of 1848. "This beginning
he followed up as rapidly as possible till he had ninety-eight
acres under orchard, mostly peaches."  In 1856 he planted
the first Crawfords. p. 23  See p. <s>213</s> of these notes.
        