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[No. of 
peach trees. - continued]

50
400
50
220
1,500
1,000
500
640
100
400
140
300
800
100
300
150
500
540
250
500
500
125
500
500
100
[underscore denoting sum]
29,647 Total trees
in Ganges township
in 1874.

[On soil exhaustion theory it
should have developed yellows]

[text continued from previous page]
land, and the year before
planting Mr. Perrotet sowed oats and
clover.  The clover was allowed to
grow two feet high and was then fed
off.  It was then dressed with 
tannery manure and plowed in.  The trees
were then planted and cultivated
every year, with one or two exceptions.
It is now in fine order,
but has never produced [? failed to produce] a large crop
of fruit.  The trunks of the trees
are remarkably sound, and so are the
limbs; there is no appearance of
exhaustion.  The ground is completely
covered, and the limbs interlace
each other, the distance being only 
sixteen feet." p. 15.

[Make inquiries to determine
whether this orchard is still living,
and free from yellows.*]

No mention of existence of 
yellows.  *See p. 322.
        