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A fruiting shrub serving many 
Beautiful in 
appear- 
Yielded 527 Bushels per Acre 
in 3-Year Average 
Potato breeders at Michigan Experiment 
Farm produced this masterpiece from a 
seedling of Bliss Triumph and Katahdin. 
Pontiac is a midseason red potato— 
round to oblong shape, with medium deep 
eyes, crisp white flesh and makes a vig- 
orous upright growth. It is more drouth- 
resistant, freer from hollow heart and mis- 
shapen tubers than other varieties, and 
has produced high yields on muck as well 
as upland soils. 
In a 3-year test at Lansing, Michigan, 
Pontiac averaged 527 bushels per acre. 
Be the first to grow this new profit- 
maker. Seed supply is limited. Price: 10 
Ibs. for $1.00, prepaid to 3rd zone. See 
Blue Figure Price List for quantity prices. 
Resembles the blueberry in ap- 
pearance and taste, and makes fine 
pies or sauce. 
The Juneberry is 
purposes. 
ance, with white flowers—followed 
by a profusion of bright red ber- 
ries borne in large clusters. Ber- 
ries hang on into the winter—are 
fine for jelly, and taste like groc- 
ery store cranberries. In the fall 
the foliage turns to a reddish col- 
or, making a beautiful effect. 

Make a wonderful background 
planting—will grow 8 to 10 feet 
high, and produce bushels of fruit. 
Plant 5 to 6 feet apart. 2-year-size 
plants—2 for 55c, 6 for $1.50, ppd. 
3-year-size plants—2 for 78c, 6 for 
$2.25 ppd. Add 15c for packing if 



Record-Making 
New Pontiac, 

Other Varieties on page 21. 
easy to grow—thrives in most any 
soil, and makes a fine ornamental 
shrub. Include it in your land- 
scape planting, for its early white 
blossoms and later clusters of red- 
dish berries. These soon turn to 
blue when the fruit is in the edible 
stage and an abundance of berries 
are now ready to be picked. The 
Juneberry is surely a dual-purpose 
plant—ornamental and useful as 
well, Every home should have at 
least two or more plants. Very 
reasonable in price. 2-year-size 
plants—2 for 55c, 6 for $1.50, 
ppd. 3-year-size plants—2 for 78c, 
6 for $2.25, ppd. Add 15c for pack- 
order is under $1.00, 
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page 76 
P New Lawn 
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