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the peach, its cultivation is now nearly abandoned, and has
been for a few years, in consequence of that scourge to that
fruit known as 'yellows'."

D. W. Coit (Ibid. p. 162) says that the outdoor cultivation
of peaches is mostly abandoned.  He has grown them for
a number of years  successfully under glass.  "This treatment
protects, in great measure, from that fatal disease, the yellows,
and trees remain healthy and fruitful."

Jno. F. Fitts, of East Windsor, says: "Peaches [were]
plenty fiftey years ago.  Soil suited for them; grow well but
die soon." p. 340.  Report Conn. State Board of Agric. 1877.

As to abundance of peaches in early days in Connecticut,
cite also p. 14, Report Conn. Bd. of Agric. 1883.-August on
"Peach Experiences."

Kieserite is impur magnesium sulphate or epsom salts,
one of the products of the salt mines of Stassfurt, in Germany.
p. 89, Report Conn. Agric. Exp. Station. 1883?
        