CHAPTER VIL 



BEGISTERING AND LABELING. 



When a lot of trees from a nursery are to be plant- 

 ed, the wire labels showing the different kinds should 

 be removed, but some plan must be adopted by which 

 the variety of each tree will be known in after years. 

 Maps of orchards are often made and answer a very good 

 purpose, but labeling each tree is far more convenienti- 



Fig. 55. 



Thin strips of soft wood, written on when wet with 

 an ordinary lead pencil, and fastened to the tree with 

 a twine string, will last a while, but they require con- 

 stant renewing and are not to be recommended. 



The best labels are made from strips of sheet zinc, 

 about an inch wide and three or four inches long, soaked 

 a day or two in water and exposed to the air till a slight 

 corrosion takes place. The names are written on them 

 with a lead pencil. In a short time they show plainly, 

 and will be legible for several years. They are attached 

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