Smyrna times., 1892-07-27
., Head before the Farmers Institute at
spring hraneh' on the Goth of July. "'
The Cause and Cure of Peach Yellows
BY T. B. COURsEY. ESQ
GENTLEMEN

GENTLEMEN
The executive committee bo,,;.
some trouble to procure sneakers fiss
Inls occasion, requested me to give the
ueuloers talk on subject of nav
own choosing. But, being unaccus.
Toned to addressing public assemblies
l preferred to commit my thoughts I'd
paper and have concluded to make a
snort article on the subject at the head
of this paper. " '"0 "e''u
That is, "The Cause and Cure ot
Feach Yellows." While doing an do
not claim to have discovered 3 sovor
eign remedy for this s1ourge. Suob n
claim would be Presumptous in a Law.
man in so short time, while the sol.
ehVisIs nave been seeking it for several
years and have not yet found il All
thaI claim from my treatment i thai
trees that were 50 far gone last sn,n'
mer as to have all the limbs out IA. hH,
one, that the limbs on chat limh ars
now clothed with healthy foliage. and
were loaded with peaches before the
nan storm beat them off. Some othar
trees that were treated the same or NJ
least so ordered, show unmistakubIe
signs OF yellOws. Whether these traaS
were faithfully treated or NOT am
unable TO say, as it was entrusted to
OChers' only hope that by persever.
ance we may find something 'or some
treatment thai will arrest this Inn
INSTRUCTOR OF our orchards.
When peach growing was in its in.
fancy on this Peninsula there was No
talk Of yellows. It might have existed
eiseWlere nut 1t was unknown here
ana why 1t Is here now scientists tbns
iar nave been unable to explain. They
nave made the discovery that vbere
one tree in an orchard is attacLeJ
others are liable to follow. But tbsv
nav nave ,o not t9ld VS. Whh whether through
v9e tAVps, FqHi lVlgg insects or atmo5-
pIeFic influence. II this problem was
solyea so we believe that remedy could
70 io9Aq. II would seem that with aI
tAelF learning aud all the OUTLAY hv
Sle Agricultural Department in this
pVahch that something definite should
nave neen discovered before this
Ihey tell US that when a tree sbows
uhmlstakable signs of yellows IL sbonId |
De pulled up and burned. We miuht
perhaps, have found that ont wItbomt
the aid of science. Now. what ',o
want the scientists TO find out and tell
US 49, the cause of yellows. If we
knew tnls we could intelligently seek
remedy BUT so far, nothing hut
pulling the tfeeg out has been advised
This advice IS cheap, but Il costs os
money, and no little to grow AN or.
,nard to maturity, aud IL is anvtbino
out pleasant to be compelled 20 Dull Il
9ut Just as il arrives at al age t6 come
MO pro4t--at least that Is nv exne.
renee, and after two or three wears,
experience in tsat line began 10 study
ne question Of arFestlpg the disease
'nq DISCUSS II from this standpoint.
~ ~ well known that small pox
IiPhtheria, scarlet fever and some
theF malignant diseases, are as surely
a'al 70 the human without treatment
5 is the yellows to the peach tree {
sut with timely and judicious treat.
lent, many, if not all of these eases
re durable. This being so, WHY NAV
OF tne same laws govern the veeeta-
10 kingdom +?
WIN WIN this theory Ia view, / com
leh9eq lest fall some experiments on