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"Elliott's Fruit Book." By F. R. Elliott, of 
Pomona Gardens, near Cleveland, Ohio.  New York.
1854.

From this book I quote, premising that the
author would have written differently had he
been familiar with "yellows", and inferring
that the disease was not then present to
any extent in Ohio: -

"What is regarded as yellows is little known
throughout the West; neither have we even observed
it, to any extent in the New England States,
except where trees were procured from, or grown
on poor sandy soils, enfeebled and imperfect
from their first start * * * Prof. Kirtland
says: 'It is questionable whether any distinct
disease occurs, to which this name is applicable.
Perhaps it is only a collection of symptoms
arising from causes acting either individually
or collectively.' "-p. 268.

"The following analysis, made by B. Kirtland
of Poland, Ohio, [not Jared P. to whom the book is
dedicated] from three esteemed varieties viz.
Yellow Rareripe, Red Rareripe, and Morissania
will be found extremely useful etc. * * / Equal
quantities of limbs and twigs from the three
kinds above named [healthy], were taken and
after having been thoroughly dried (whereby they
lost about 44 per cent of water) carefully
burned with a moderate heat, yielding as 
follows:

Charcoal & Sand: 3.180
Silica: 1.480
Perphosphate of Iron: 2.174
Potash: 12.545
Soda: 2.000
Sulphate of Lime: 2.258
Lime: 23.951
Phosphate of Lime: 21.699
Magnesia: 7.052
Peroxide of Manganese: .800
Chloride of Sodium: .699
Carbonic Acid: 33.350
[underscore denoting sum]
111.188
Loss in Analysis: 3.812
[underscore denoting sum]
115.000." page 263 & 264.

"The most vigorous healthy trees we have ever seen
are growing on the borders of the Ohio River, on what is termed
limestone soil, and where perfect drainage is naturally
formed by the hills." - p. 264.
        