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As long ago as before 1849 this same man (C. A. C.) had
noticed at Avon that peach trees on "dry, elevated land"
passed safely through the severest winters. Ibid. p. 86.
[Are peaches in any such locations less subject to
yellows?] No. The orchards at Lawton & Grand Rapids,
Mich. are in such situations.

BOOKS CONSULTED.

The Fruit Garden, P. Barry. New York, 1879.
Conn. Tr. Agric. Society. 12 Vols.
Conn. Report Bd. of Agric. 7 Vols.
Michigan Farmer, Niles, Mich. Vol. 7. N.S. 1849.
New Jersey Agric. Report. 1875.
California Tr. Agric. Society. 7 Vols.

"Many conjectures have long been afloat respecting the
cause of the destruction of fruit trees, particularly these
of the peach and plum.  Some have ascribed it to a worm in
the root, others to an epidemic, and affirmed, that when one
tree was infected the disorder was communicated to others."

This writer "Agricola" attributs [attributes] the disease to a coleopterous
insect which he calls "scarabaeus,"- Size of a pole bean
dark brown."  They are in millions, buzz about and sting the 
tender branches.  The sting poisons the juices of the whole
tree;  Causes the "leaves to turn yellow and crinkle and the
tree to die." p. 392, of The National Register, Washington,
D.C., Vol. I. 1818. Quoted from National Advocate.
        