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Acc. No. 6417 and 7195 - 
(Notes & comparisons continued)

In 1926 in examining specimens
of Acc. No. 7195, it was noted - 
So far as appearances are concerned
it is not difficult to reconcile painting
Pom. No. 35211 with the samples
in hand but the scions from 
which the trees producing the
samples were supposed to have
been propagated [conic], according
to the records from O. L. Slater, Elba,
N.Y. but there are difficulties in
reconciling the specimens in hand
with the description in the files
of Pom. No. 35126 which supposedly
is of Herefordshire as received
from Mr. Slater.  On the other
hand there is no special difficulty
in reconciling 2 descriptions
on file of Herefordshire, the 
one being based on specimens
from Slater (No. 35126), and the
other, No. 35211. - All of which
gets us nowhere! - except possibly
to emphasize certain discriminations lacking
in the past in the work - which
is mentioned as a fact, not as a 
criticism. Besides, it represents 
(over)
        