10 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



many of the leading American pomologists are 

 using practically the same descriptive forms. 



The descriptive blanks now most in use 

 measure either 5x8 or 5^x8^ inches. A 

 few men are using sheets 7x9 inches. The 

 larger sizes have the important advantage of 

 greater space. One frequently finds himself 

 crowded for room when using one of the 

 smaller sizes. The smaller sheets are easier 

 to handle, however, particularly when it comes 

 to filing ; and when the pomologist finds one 

 sheet too small to hold a description, it is 

 an easy matter to continue the notes on a 

 second sheet. 



When the description blanks are made up 

 into book form to be carried into the field, it 

 is especially handy to have them small enough 

 so that the note-book may be managed easily 

 in an ordinary coat pocket. It is desirable, at 

 the same time, to have these blank pages in 

 the note-book exact duplicates in size and 

 style of the forms used in the permanent file 

 providing any file is used aside from the 

 books. 



This method of handling fruit descriptions 

 is greatly to be recommended. Almost any- 

 where that the pomological student may go 



