"Irrigating Schedules for Early Potatoes in Southwestern Ontario" print (1966) Size:12x18" The artist is not credited

The artist is not credited

and I've drawn you a BVG double-decker by Mann as it would've looked in 1970

The bottom one: the flower

the University of Alberta’s Peel Library

"Irrigating Schedules for Early Potatoes in Southwestern Ontario" print (1966) Size:12x18" The artist is not creditedDepartment of Agriculture artists, photographers and designers are very rarely credited, which makes it all the more thrilling when I can detect the hand of the same person on multiple projects. Here, the floating, mirrored potato knocked out of a flat colour that's used as a very modern framing device seems a very strong echo of the 1962 Tuber Flea Beetle in British Columbia booklet cover. Both are stellar examples of what's possible in mid century