SETTING UP THE EXHIBIT 



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Alignment. Place the plates in exact alignment on the 

 table, and so that the fruit itself on the various plates is in 

 alignment. To have the apples on one plate form a square, 

 with one apple in the center, as the observer looks at them, and 

 to have the apples on the next plate comerwise or at an angle 

 is poor alignment and not in the best of taste. Have the angles 



(N, r. state College of Agr.) 



Fig. 177. This exhibit is arranged to give a pleasing effect. The fruit is 

 on the same plane throughout, there is no crowding, and the alignment of 

 plates is good. A more extensive bank of "flats" at the rear and plain 

 drapery for the sides of the tables would improve the appearance of the 



exhibit. 



of the fruit on the plates parallel with the angles of the table 

 top. Do not crowd the plates on the table. Leave a small 

 space between them, not in order that the background may be 

 evident, but in order to make each plate stand out by itself as 

 a picture in a frame. 



Labels. A major offense in setting up a plate exhibit is to 

 put the tag or label on top of the uppermost specimen on the 



