HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FDR APRIL, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
3 
Tendin’ Store 
2 Children — 5 Heads 
Not that Vernon and Isabelle’s heads don’t look all right, but 
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any finer heads than those All head 
early cabbage in the picture. Mrs. Schneider of Lincoln Cen¬ 
ter, Kans., sent this in and says . . . “Mr. Field: I am sending you 
a snapshot of our 2 children and some of the Allhead Frostproof 
cabbage l got from you last year. I raised such fine large cabbage, 
it’s Allhead for me. It sure will head. It’s early and a lot of it too. 
Didn’t weigh these, but guess them at 9 or 10 lbs. or better.” 
David Brown, grandson of Wallie Meyers, Green Ridge, Mo., 
doesn’t seem to make much fuss about “tending store.” He 
has a puff on his pipe to relax and a look at Seed Sense for a 
good sales talk on his melons and the rest is just waiting for 
the customers to come. 
These look like Itleckley Sweets, though I’m not right sure. 
They’re good melons, but right now I don’t think anything can 
beat my new Sugar Lump melons. If you haven’t tiled them, 
you should. Read all about them, anyway, in the catalog. 
Had Early Melons 
“Dear Henry: 
“I want to tell you about the Sugar Lump Melons. They 
were simply fine. I had melons 3 or 3 weeks before anyone 
around here had any. They all went crazy about them. I 
thought the yellow was the best, some thought the white was 
and some thought the red one was. They all were fine. I don’t 
think they can be beat. But I am not going to turn the yellow 
down. The sweet corn was fine, too.”—Yours truly, W. H. 
Stuck. 
Everybody who has tried Sugar Lump says the same thing. 
If you haven’t enjoyed them yet, put in a patch this year by all 
means.—H. F. 
Frost Proof Cabbage and Onion Plants 
Yes, that is what 
I said — “FROST¬ 
PROOF PLANTS” 
— that are tough 
and hardy and will 
stand heavy frost. 
They are grown out¬ 
doors and even a 
late snow on them 
doesn’t hurt them 
the least bit. 
All are grown on 
new ground, so are 
clean, vigorous, 
healthy, well-rooted 
and STATE IN- Frost Proof Onions 
SPECTED. Each year we send out millions of these plants and 
want your order NOW. We’ll save the plants for you and ship 
at the proper planting time for your locality. 
All are carefully packed to arrive in the best possible con¬ 
dition. Postpaid Prices on Cabbage Plants 
Wakefield. 
100 
300 
500 
1000 
45c 
79c 
$1.49 
$2.49 
Norseman. 
43c 
75c 
1.39 
3.39 
Early Flat Dutch. 
45c 
79c 
1.49 
3.49 
Postpaid Prices on 
Onions 
300 500 
1000 
3000 
Riverside Sweet Spanish large yellow 
.47c 
75c 
$1.39 
$3.39 
White Bermuda (very sweet). 
49c 
79c 
1.49 
3.49 
Yellow Bermuda (same as above).. . 
49c 
79c 
1.49 
3.49 
A Dandy 
i Frost 
Proof 
; Cabbage 
i| Plant 
Buffalo Grass Almost Gone 
Don’t put off ordering Buffalo grass, if you’re planning on 
trying it this spring. It’s going out so fast, our limited supply 
isn’t going to last much longer. 
It has simply caught on like wildfire. It is just the lawn 
grass everybody has been looking for — drought-resisting, 
spreads rapidly to make a dense carpet, never gets over 3 to 
4 inches tall so doesn’t need mowing. 
Buffalo grass is one of the old native prairie grasses we have 
been experimenting with for years. I don’t believe anyone else 
has it for sale, but it is native to this country—that’s why it 
does so well here. Doesn’t set seed, but a square foot of sod 
will give you about 2 75 plants which you should set 1 ft. apart 
each way. Water well, keep the weeds down the first month 
and then forget it. It will give you a solid, permanent lawn 
you’ll never have to mow. 
While it lasts, we’re selling 1 sq. ft. sod (275 plants, enough 
for 200 sq. ft.) for $1 postpaid. 2 sq. ft., $1.89 postpaid. All 
packed carefully in moss with full directions. 
After Tulips — Plant Annuals 
It won’t be long now until your tulips will be through bloom¬ 
ing. Don’t let that bed become an eyesore—get annuals planted 
right away. It doesn’t take much effort and in a few short 
weeks you’ll have worlds of bloom that will last all summer. 
Any annual you like is all right. Some of the very easiest to 
raise are Zinnias, Petunias, Asters, Marigolds, Verbenas, Rose 
Moss, etc., etc. I could go on and on, but you know them as 
well as I do. The important thing is to get the seed sowed, 
so by the time your tulips are died down, you’ll have blooms 
coming on. Most of these annuals will bloom most all summer 
with hardly any care at all. 
Likes All Colors Sugar Lump Melons 
“Dear Henry: I want to tell you about the Sugar Lump Melons. They 
were simply fine. I had melons 2 or 3 weeks before anyone around 
here had any. They all went crazy about them. I thought the yellow 
was the best, some thought the white was and sotne thought the red 
one was. They all were fine. 1 don’t think they can be beat. But 
I am not going to turn the yellow down. The sweet corn was fine, too.” 
Yours truly, W. H. Stuck, Renick, Mo. 
Beat Cucumber Record 
“Dear Henry: I see in your catalog where a lady sold $8.75 worth 
of cucumbers after planting 40c worth of seed. Well, I did better than 
that. I planted 5 rows of cucumbers with a 10c pkg. of your white 
spine seed last spring and sold $27.50 worth to the stores here at lc 
each and I put up 50 gallons of dill pickles and 30 qts. of sweet pickles 
and 45 of the bread and butter pickles and gave them away by the 
bag to neighbors and to our chickens. When the frost came, there 
were lots of them on yet. I planted them here the 24th of March in 
good soil.” — Mrs. Harry A. Smith, Bishop, Calif. 
