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LONG LIFE 
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waste lands, and swamps were suitable for its 
growth. Hence, the ordinary interested grower 
was discouraged, and did not plant when he 
could, and should, have done so. Now we 
know that blueberries will thrive almost any¬ 
where in our home grounds if treated like 
other shrubs and bushes, or fruit trees. 
A Beautiful Plant 
PLANT THEM AND GIVE THEM A 
CHANCE. In a few years they will be the 
queens of your home garden. 
Grow them for their beauty; grow them 
for their wonderful crops v of fine fruit. Do 
not consider the first cost. They are a self- 
supporting shrub; the only one that pays its 
way year after year with a minimum of at¬ 
tention. 
So beautiful are these new shrubs all through 
the year that one wonders how any other show 
bush can be compared with them. In the spring 
they are a veritable drift of creamy bloom, 
which is followed in midsummer by clusters 
and spikes of great berries of the bluest blue, 
unmatched for their luscious flavor. Then with 
the approach of the first frosts, their leaves 
take on handsome colors of rich carmine reds 
and coppery golds that last long after all other 
shrubs have been denuded of their foliage. 
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