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says, p. 284: "The disease termed yellows is truly formidable.
It is peculiar to the peach and nectarine.  It has destroyed
whole orchards in portions of the county, and for a time induced
the entire abandonment of <s>the</s> peach culture in certain
localities." * * * "It is quickly induced by inserting
the bud from an affected tree into a healthy stock." * * *
"No case is known where a decidedly developed case of this
disease has ever been cured." p. 285.

[Thomas repeats this statement in the last edition of
his book, New York, Wm. Wood & Co. 1885.]

Thomas, p. 285, gives a good account of the disease--describing
both premature fruit and sprouts.

The Fruit Garden, By P. Barry, of Mt. Hope Nurseries,
Rochester, N.Y.; New York City. C. M. Saxton & Co., 1857,
devotes one paragraph only to yellows, p. 363; says it is supposed
to arise from negligent cultivation.  Is said to be 
contagious. "It exhibits itself in a yellow, sickly foliage, 
feeble shoots, and small fruits, prematurely ripened."
        