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prove sufficient for your purpose, I am.

Very truly yours,
John M. Ried.

P.S. I ought to say in addition, perhaps,
that the disease of yellows is developing
very fast, as we can find
as many new trees with the disease
this spring as we had last fall after
we destroyed them [i.e. as many as we
found and destroyed last fall]. I believe
our trees must succumb as 
the disease communicates in a
mysterious way.

Truly yours,
J. M. Ried

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Office of the Canadian Horticulturist
Grimsby, Ont. 24 Feb. 1888.

Mr. E. F. Smith.

Dear Sir: - In reply to your
inquiries I may state (1) that the law
concerning the destruction of peach
trees affected with the yellows
has been enforced, especially for two
or three years while the disease was
at its worst.  The inspectors visited
orchards affected, & marked the trees
that should be destroyed, and in
most instances the owners, that knew of 
the dangerous nature of the disease,
were only too glad to follow out
orders & cooperate in the destruction
of the affected trees.
        