POLLY PEACH 
ELBERTA 
(Freestone yellow). The most popular 
and no wonder. Big, rich, yellow, highly 
colored fruit. Heavy, sure bearer, and 
fine flavored. The peach that everybody 
likes. It’s the standard by which other 
peaches are judged. You must plant El- 
berta. August 30th to Sept. 15th. 
Super hardy, sure-to-bear variety. Big freestone—white 
overlaid with rich red blush. Keen flavor and juicy. In¬ 
troduced by Iowa State College. Produced a big crop of 
peaches 12 years in succession. Fine for canning as it is 
very firm. Next to Hawkeye, I believe this is the hardiest, 
surest to bear. Same price as other varieties and also a 
Special 3 to 4 ft. grade, postpaid. 35c each; 2 for 60c; 
5 for $1.25. 
HARDY PEACHES 
ABOUT PEACH TREES 
I’ve watched peach trees and crops a good 
many years. Some varieties are pretty sure 
bearers, and some aren’t worth a rap. You 
can be sure I’m not offering you shy, poor 
bearers. Listed on this page are the varieties 
I plant and believe in. 
Plant fifteen feet apart or 190 trees to the 
acre. Plant peaches as fillers in your apple 
orchard. 
All my trees are big, soon-to-bear, heavy 
rooted and I’ve priced them right. Dates 
given after varieties indicate approximate 
ripening date. This may vary according to 
weather conditions. 
PRICES ON PEACHES 
5 10 25 
Each Rate Rate Rate 
2/3 ft. (Postpaid) $0.20 $0.27 $0.25 $0.20 
4/6 ft. (Not Prepaid) .45 .43 .40 .37 
PEACH SEEDLINGS 
FOR WINDBREAKS 
Most Missouri, Kansas and other southern 
farmers use a lot of these. Peach makes 
a fast growing, low growing windbreak be¬ 
sides bearing a lot of fruit. 
These are of a good size and very heavy 
rooted. 
J. II. HALE (Freestone-Yellow). Extra large size and rich yellow overlaid with 
red coloring. One of the best I had in Missouri. Ripens a few days ahead of 
Elberta and tastes as good as any peach you've seen. 
HEATH CLING (Clingstone-White). Best to preserve or pickle whole. Bate in 
ripening and keeps extra good. September 25th. 
MAYFLOWER (Semi-cling-White). The earliest peach to ripen and really popu¬ 
lar because it is the first fruit. Fruit medium size and a beauty with crimson 
colorings. Often called “Frost Proof" because it blooms late enough to miss 
the frost. 
CHAMPION (Freestone-White). Very hardy in the central states. Has size 
and quality. A honey-sweet, rich, juicy white peach you’ll rave about. Ripens 
around August 10th. 
GOLDEN Jl'BILEE (Freestone). Beatitiful new red and yellow color and good 
size. Hardier than most and growing more popular each year. Flesh is yel- 
low, tender, juicy and sweet. July 20th. 
25 
Trees 
For 
98 
Post- 
C paid 
NEW HARDY HAWKEYE (See picture page 2) 
Absolutely the hardiest peach I’ve ever seen. Has extra sweet flavor, 
ripens in August and the trees are loaded. Fruit yellow with red blush. 
Medium size, and trees always loaded down. 
This tree is the result of twenty-five years selection and propagation. 
Bore a big crop in '27 after the coldest winter in twenty years. 
My own introduction and sold only by Henry Field. Supply limited. 
3/4 ft. 50c; 5 for $2.00, postpaid. 
4/5 ft. 75c; 5 for $3.00, not prepaid. 
PLANT A PAIR OF PEARS! 
No, I’m not joking—I mean it. Everybody should have two or three pear trees. They 
grow upright, take so little space and always are loaded. Plant both summer and winter 
pears. Wrap the winter pears in paper and forget them until mid-winter. See how good 
they taste then. 
These are big, heavy, well rooted trees, ready to grow and will bear worlds of fruit. 
PRICES ON PEARS 
Each 5 10 25 
2 to 3 ft. Postpaid. 39c 37c 35c 32c 
4 to G ft. Not Prepaid. .59c 57c 55c 52c 
BARTLETT 
Fanciest and finest of the pears. Rich golden 
yellow with rich pink blttsh. Good keeper and 
shipper. Early. Pointed top and wide at base. 
KEIFFER 
A winter pear of high quality. Extra good 
keeper, heavy bearer. Lots of good gold and 
red color. Large fruit. Narrower at top but 
more uniform than Bartlett. 
SECKEL 
Sugar Pear. As sweet a flavor as its name 
“Sugar Pear" suggests. Good right off the tree 
and for desserts. Small in size but large in 
quality. A russet coat covers greenish-yellow 
skin. 
PEAR COLLECTION 2 / 3 «. 
1 Ea. of all 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
This is BARTLETT 
A Bartlett is the fanciest and finest 
of all. Very early. 
These are SUGAR PEARS 
Small in size but large in sweetness! 
HARDY HYBRID PLUMS 
About Plums 
Yes, you should plant plum 
trees and be able to enjoy the 
fruit in a very short time. 
Here’s the best varieties I have 
ever seen. Can’t be bpat. If 
passible, plant some of each, 
to have fruit all season. 
Plant 13 to 20 feet apart— 
100 to 120 trees per acre. 
PRICES ON PLUMS 
Each 
2 to 3 ft. Postpaid.... 
4 to 6 ft. Not Prepaid. 
39c 
59c 
5 rate 
37c 
57c 
10 rate 
35c 
55c 
25 rate 
33c 
53c 
APRICOT 
Have a complete fruit plant¬ 
ing by adding apricots, which 
ripen between the cherries 
and peaches. 
SUPERB. A rich golden yel¬ 
low. The only variety I 
know’ of hardy enough for 
the middle west. Plant on a 
north slope, 18 feet apart. 
Each Per 5 
2/3 ft.... 39c $1.89 postpaid 
4/6 ft.... 69c 3.35 not ppd. 
Prof. Hansen's Hardy Hybrids 
HANSKA. (Apricot Plum.) A dark purple plum. 
The flesh is yellow and very aromatic. Flavor 
on the apricot order. Big fruit. 
OPATA. Bears when very young. Trees are al¬ 
ways loaded. Watch that you don't break the 
limbs with too much fruit. Reddish-purple 
outside and yellow meat. Grows on any soil 
and of good quality. 
SAPA. Fruit dark purple outside and inside. 
Bears every year and like Opata is just covered. 
Extra fine to eat off the tree or for cooking. 
VVANETA. Just about the best plum I know of. 
Fruit is great big, red on the outside and crisp 
sweet juicy yellow inside. 
UNDERWOOD. (American.) This was my favor¬ 
ite at Centerville this year. Bears regularly and 
fruit is immense. The big, red freestone plums 
ripen In July. A beautiful plum to look at and 
a delicious one to cat. (Not a Hansen variety.) 
COMPASS CHERRY PLUM. A perfect cross of two 
favorite fruits (cherry and plum). Superhardy, 
will stand any amount of cold or hot weather. 
In size, like a plum, fruit rich red and tart. 
Branches are absolutely lined with fruit. Low 
growing—plant 10 to 12 feet apart. 
Prettier, nicer plums there never were, 
than these Hardy Hybrids. This is 
Hanska. 
COLLECTION 
4 BIG PLUMS 
(1 Kach of the Hansen Hardy Hybrids 
—Opata, Hanska, Sapa and Waneta) 
Post- —» ^ v j Compass 
Cherry Plum 
PLUM 
$ 1.49 gw FREE: 
"’'ah 2/3 
PEACH COLLECTION 
Only 89c 
1 Mayflower 
2 Elberta 
1 Golden Jnbilee 
HERE ARE REAL TREES! 
It’s the Roots that Count 
If you buy trees without roots, you’re just 
paying out good money far so many broom¬ 
sticks. 
I’ve seen samples of trees from some nurs¬ 
ery companies that were no better than 
broomsticks. They were the kind of stud 
we throw out—they wouldn’t grow if you 
watered them with Cod Liver Oil. 
Most all fruit trees (like other nursery 
stock) have among them some good trees, 
some fair trees, some fair to bad trees and 
some awfully scrawny ones. I insist on 
throwing out all the poor ones because you 
want a tree that will start quick, grow well 
and bear soon. 
The trees above are a sample. Generous 
grading as to size and only the finest, cleanest 
stock used. You'll be pleased 100 
I'm not just saying this lo bo talking about 
how I run my business. I'm saying it be¬ 
cause I know you're interested in whether 
or not you’ll get good stuff from Henry. 
Weil, if you hadn't been getting good stuff. 
1 wouldn't be in the same business I started 
in-OO years ago, would I ? Think It over. H.F. 
Henry Field Seed and Nursery Company, Shenandoah, Iowa 
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