Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1898 — New Peach Tree Disease. [ARTICLE]

New Peach Tree Disease.

A new disease has appeared among the peach trees in the vast orchards of southwestern Michigan. It is said to be more serious than the dreaded "yellows.” Several large orchards in Saugatuck township alone—about d.Otttl trees—arc said to have been destroyed.