Maps for Fruit -grounds. 307 



MAPS AND RECORDS. 



One of the most annoying parts of fruit-growing 

 is keeping track of the various varieties which in- 

 evitably accumulate in plantations to which the owner 

 gives much loving" thought. The best means is a 

 systematic plat, map or diagram of the plantation, 

 in which every tree or every row of small -fruits is 

 given a number. It is well to designate the rows 

 in orchards by letters, and then to number each tree 

 in the row, beginning with number one ; or, some 

 prefer to number all the trees in the plantation con- 

 secutively. It is an ideal plan for the grower to 

 devote a large blank -book or record to each plan- 

 tation, entering the plan of the area in the earlier 

 pages, and then recording the yield of each tree or 

 each row on consecutive pages which are devoted to 

 the different years. Such a book would be to the 

 orchard what the Babcock test is to the dairy, a 

 means of determining the unprofitable individuals. 

 If such a record were kept, it would not be many 

 vt -.-Irs before the orchardist would be experimenting 

 with a goodly number of his trees in order to de- 

 termine how to make them as productive as the 

 In -si ones are. 



Of labels there are endless devices, but it must 

 be remembered that no label can be expected to last 

 in good condition more than six or eight years. For 

 temporary or annual plants, where little horse work 

 is done, the commercial garden stakes, 12x1% in., 

 are excellent. These cost, when painted and made of 



