GENERAL PRACTICE. PRESERVING THE NAMES OF FRUITS. 



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trees have been ruined by the "eating in " (1, Fig. 33) of such ligatures. For durability 

 of labels and the names on them, those manufactured in metal with raised letters cannot 

 be surpassed. They are not expensive, and last as long as the trees. But tying them 

 on with wire should be abandoned, for the reason above indicated and shown in the 



BLENHEIM 

 ORANGE 



Fig. 33. LABELS FOE FRUIT TEEES. 



illustration. Two of these labels are represented, one (" Blenheim Orange ") made by Mr. 

 J. Pinches, 27, Oxenden Street, London, S.W., and the other ("Cox's Orange Pippin") 

 by Mr. J. Smith, Stratford-on-Avon. They are practically imperishable, extensively used, 

 and, with a zinc attachment, to uncoil with the swelling of the branch, would be safe. 

 Some persons prefer to purchase labels from which the names never fade, and therefore 



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