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Peach on Plum Stock.

"In England where peaches are invariably
raised upon walls, or trellises, they almost universally
make use of the plum as a stock to graft
upon.  In our country, where peach trees grow
so luxuriantly, we should not recommend this
stock, as the scion not only overgrows it in
a short time, producing an unsightly appearance,
but is exceedingly apt to be blown
down by the wind; the roots of the plum
being of much slower growth are not sufficiently
large and expanded to support the
larger top or branches." - "The New England
Book of Fruit". By John M. Ives. 3rd Ed.
Salem, Mass., 1847. p. 103. - No mention of
"yellows".

"The New England Farmer or Georgical Dictionary"
By Samuel Deane, Am. Worcester, Mass. 1790.

From this book I quote:

"We have room for making great improvements,
it seems, in the culture of this fruit [the peach].
What we call the rareripe is almost the only
sort I have seen that is worth cultivating.
And this kind within thirty years [i.e. since
1760] seems to have greatly degenerated.  I
apprehend it is time that these were renewed
by bringing the trees or stones from some
other country." - p. 208.  No mention
of "yellows" or any reason for this degeneracy.
        