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to the branch by a loop of wire, of which cop- 

 per is best. The name will last several 

 years, if written with a pencil on a very 

 thin coat of fresh white paint. Zinc labels, 

 written on with a mixture of two parts 

 verdigris, two of sal-ammoniac, one of 

 lamp-black, and forty of water, well mix- 

 ed and dissolved, are said to be much 

 more durable. Lead labels, (fig. 19,) 

 stamped with type, and suspended with 

 copper wire, well twisted against the hole, 



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Fig. 19. to prevent wearing by the motion of the 

 wind, are still more lasting. Fig. 20, shows the 

 mode of stamping, by sli- 

 ding the sheet lead between 

 two plates of iron, A, B, 

 screwed together, and set- 

 ting the types successively 

 against the upper plate, A, 

 and stamping one at a time. 

 Fig. 20. The letters are thus kept in 



a straight line. The imprinted end of the sheet 

 lead is then cut off, and forms the label.* 



It is sometimes a matter of convenience to mark the 

 names on specimens of the fruit itself. This is quickly and 

 permanently done by tracing the name with a blunt stick, or 

 a pencil, pressing hard enough to indent the surface, but not 

 to tear the skin. This succeeds best on pears, the writing 

 soon changing color and becoming conspicuous. 



