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does not really.  Some very stubborn facts
stand in the way of any general acceptance
of this theory.  These are:

1. "Yellows" is much less prevalent 
when the law has been enforced.  This
phase of the question will be considered
later at some length under - "Influence
of Legislation", and need only be
mentioned here. Of the fact, I think
there can be no doubt.

2. "Yellows" appears in this region on
productive virgin land, i.e. on land
cleared of the original forest within
less than a decade, and near exhausted
by cropping.  This statement
is so important, <s>if it be true,</s> that
I have been at great pains to verify
it, by extensive correspondence, and
later by a visit to the region.  There
seems to be no doubt about it.  (insert [illegible]
in detail)

3. In this region it is the custom,
and has been for ten or more years, to set
peach trees in the place of those dug
out on account of "yellows", and
these re-sets are not more liable to the 
disease than other trees in the orchard.
In fact, from many reliable peach
growers, I now have a large body of
testimony showing that trees set
        