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Office of the
D. W. Beadle Nursery co., Limited
Canvassers Depot. 33 & 35 Queen Street,
St. Catherines, Ont., Canada, June 1, 1888.

Erwin F. Smith, Esq.
Ann Arbor,Mich

Dear Sir:- In reply to your letter of the 26th
instant, I answer your inquiries as
follows:-

1. The peach yellows first appeared in Ontario
about twelve years ago.

2. [where ? & when?] Almost simultaneously at
Grimsby and Stamford; the first in the
county of Lincoln and the second in 
Welland County.

3. I am not informed with regard to the
number of places in which it is now present,
but know that it is more or less
prevalent in the different parts of what
is known as the Niagara District,
which comprises that part of Ontario.
There is a belt of land along the north
shore of lake Erie, in the counties of
Norfolk, Elgin, Kent and Essex, in 
which the peach is grown to some extent.
I have not heard of the yellows being
present in that part of the Province, &
yet it might be without my being
aware of the fact.

4. In Stamford it has destroyed many
of the orchards entirely; In Grimsby, up
to the present time, its ravages have 
not been so severe.

5. Cannot say that it is any less prevalent
now than it has been.

6. The law has not been carefully enforced;
        