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be handled with more care, but outlines may 

 be made from them also without great trouble. 

 Such drawings are very satisfactory if carefully 

 made from typical specimens. 



Water-color paintings are indulged in by 

 a few American pomologists who are them- 

 selves expert with the brush, or who have the 

 necessary funds for employing an artist. Good 

 water-color sketches are an obvious improve- 

 ment on the uncolored drawings, and they 

 form about as complete a record as one can 

 have in connection with a good written de- 

 scription. Very few persons, however, can 

 avail themselves of this method. 



Models in plaster of Paris, or in wax, are 

 sometimes undertaken. These are usually 

 colored by hand, in imitation of the fruits from 

 which they are made. When such models 

 are well done they make remarkably satisfac- 

 tory records, but they are not always well 

 done. The difficulties in the way of securing 

 models are the same as those in the way of 

 the water-colors. There are probably not 

 more than three or four good collections of 

 fruit models in America at the present time 

 perhaps not so many as that. 



The photograph is one of the most practi- 



