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[Cumberland Co.
near Delaware river]

Greenwich N. J.

Feb. 4th. '88.

Mr. Erwin F. Smith,
Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dear Sir,-

In reply to your note of inquiry I will say the 
peach yellows are in all the orchards of this vicinity.  The fruit
on a diseased tree will premature and rot and a starved growth of
shoots will appear on the branches or body of the trees.

It has not been of much injury to us until the last five or 
six years; with our orchards now, they will premature one-tenth
or more the first year of bearing.  It will begin to show in an
orchard the second year, even before it begins to fruit.  In some
locatlities they do better than I have stated and other not so
good.  We think high ground, and not too rich, is the best soil
for peach growing, as the trees grow we improve the ground.

Hoping these answers will be satisfactory,

I am
Very respectfully
Charles Miller

To.-
Erwin Smith.
Michigan.
        