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wooden tag, taken from an old tree in the test orchard of the late 

 Charles Downing, Newburgh, N. Y. No. 8, thin copper label, with 

 the name indented into the metal by the use of a hard-pointed 

 instrument. Some metal labels are liable to tear out 

 at the hole when exposed to winds. No. 9, common 

 painted pine label used by nurserymen, and costing 

 (without the copper wire) about 50 cents a thou- 

 sand, for the common size, which is 3J^ inches long. 

 No. 10, Lodeman's label, consists of a tag of sheet 

 lead securely fastened to a coiled brass wire. The 

 wire is secured to the body of the tree by a staple 

 or screw-eye, and it is expected that the 

 wire will become imbedded in the trunk 

 as the tree grows. No. 11, common zinc 

 label or tally, described on page 223. 



The Fig. 68 is Paddock's vineyard label 

 (designed by W. Paddock then of the 

 State Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.). 

 The label is a strip of heavy zinc secured 

 to a stiff galvanized wire. This wire or 

 shank is provided with a hook at the 

 lower end and a half-hitch near its middle, 

 so that it may be securely adjusted to the 

 wires of the treUis, holding the label well 

 above the foliage. 



Much is said about the importance of 

 giving attention to the behavior of indi- 

 vidual trees and bushes in a fruit plantar 

 tion, yet there is seldom any available record of them. With the 

 refinements of the fruit-growing business, attention must be given 

 to this subject; and maps and labels will then be indispensable. 



Fig. 68. A good vineyard 

 label. 



