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I have since taken out orchards
that were in pretty fair condition at twenty
five years.  I have an orchard, now in a
very vigorous state of health, loaded with
blossoms, and from which I last year
took magnificent fruit, that was planted
in 1864.

The largest orchards in Sussex Co.
are along the lines of the Dela. R. R. running
along the western border of the county;
and in the vicinity of Milford and Lincoln
City, on the Eastern border.

Our orchards as yet so far as I know
and so far as I have been able to ascertain
by dilligent [diligent] inquiry, are entirely
free from  "yellows" or other diseases; but
how long the cupidity of nurserymen
will permit us to enjoy this immunity,
I am not able to say; for in the
great demand now existing for nursery
stock, they are not at all careful
whence their trees are taken.

Respectfully,
E. L. Martin
[Ex-Congressman]

In his book published at Harrisburg,
Pa. in 1880, John Rutter says that
"yellows" was very prevalent at
West Chester in the wet Summer of
1878. p. 12.
        