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in which yellows was hereditary, and is 
now showing itself.

"The premature ripening of the fruit, the
spotted skin, the deep color about the pit,
the appearance on the tree of adventitious
shoots, slender, and bearing yellowish
leaves, all prove conclusively that we
have need to beware of danger,and
speedily destroy every vestige of such
trees from our orchards. ["]

"At a recent meeting of the peach
growers, in the Town Hall, Grimsby, the 
following resolution was moved by the
writer, and carried: 'That where as
we are made aware of the presence of
the yellows in one or two peach orchards
about Grimsby, therefore resolved, that
we do most strongly advise every
grower to carefully watch the first
indications of its approach, and at
once uproot every tree affected by 
it; and further to use the utmost
caution in the selection of trees for 
planting'."

On the same page is published a letter
from Chas. Downing to A. M. Smith, dated
"Newburgh, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1878", the gist of
which I quote:-

"Your favor at hand, & in reply say
that you describe the Yellows very correctly.
* * * * *
We have had the yellows here at intervals
for over sixty years, sometimes continuing for
five or six years and then several years free from
it."
        