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Peach Yellows in Canada
(see pp. 355 & 357)

In the spring of 1878, A. M. Smith, a
considerable fruit grower of Drummondville,
Ontario, published in The Canadian
Horticulturist. p. 15-16, "A word
of warning to peach growers of Ontario",
from which I quote as follows:-

"Perhaps it is not generally known, but
it is nevertheless a fact, that the disease
so destructive to peach orchards called the
yellows, has made it appearance in our
midst. Quite a number of orchards along
the frontier, particularly in the vicinity of
Drummondville and Stamford, have had
affected trees in them the last season, &
some in the great peach growing section of
Grimsby.  The symptoms of this disease
are 1st an enfeebled vitality, the foliage
looks sickly; and 2nd, the fruit ripens
prematurely, sometime two or three weeks
before its usual season for maturing,
and is usually high-colored, red and
flecked or spotted, and is red around
the stone.  This occurring in young
trees newly planted, has led many to 
think they had some new variety which
was very early; but the flavor is universally
insipid and watery, and the fruit
nearly worthless.  Hundreds of bushels of these
were sold in Western New York last season
[1877], their color recommended them,
but no one would care to buy them a
        