LUTHER BURBANK 



In addition to the labels and stakes I have just 

 described, a small cardboard label of light weight 

 is needed for making record of the hybridizing 

 experiments. The common cardboard shipping 

 tag about 1^^ inches by 3 inches in size with a 

 reinforced eyelet hole, is generally used on plants 

 with tender stems; and where the wind is likely 

 to disturb larger labels, half or two-thirds of the 

 cardboard may be cut off, leaving barely space to 

 inscribe the record. 



Where these tags are used in extensive pollena- 

 tions of many varieties on a single tree, it is not 

 always necessary to write the record, for the same 

 object may be accomplished by cutting off one 

 corner of the card to indicate a certain variety of 

 pollen, and a second corner to indicate another 

 variety; additional varieties being represented 

 by series of notches. Or the same end may be 

 attained by punching holes in the card with a 

 pocket steel punch. This plan saves much time, 

 and the record is more permanent than if it were 

 made with pencil. A large number of tags may 

 be prepared at once with punch or scissors. 



Tags of this character are less likely to have 

 their records erased by wasps and hornets, which 

 often partially destroy labels when securing mate- 

 rial for their paper homes. 



Conspicuous tags such as these are also of aid 



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