8 HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1941—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Oo., Shenandoah, ees 

26 Apples Ist Year 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
In the spring of 1939, I purchased from 
you an Anoka apple tree having noticed 
in your catalog that it would bear the 
first year after planting. 
The enclosed picture was taken about 
July 25, 1940, but it does not show all 
the apples on the tree. There were 26 
apples in all. About 30 clusters and over 
150 individual blossoms was originally 
on the tree from which 41 apples set. 
Wind, worms, and other causes accounted 
for the 15. The tree was about 6 feet 
tall when picture was taken. Thought you 
might. be interested in my apple crop, 
therefore the picture.”’ 
Yours truly, 
—A. D. Simpson 
Shrub Planting Chart 
Lots of folks have wanted to have a 
shrub planting in which something was 
blooming all the time. That isn’t hard and 
here’s the list we sent them. I thought 
maybe this might help you with planning 
your shrub order. List is arranged as to 
month shrubs bloom in most localities. 
March 
Double Pink Almond. 
Spirea Thunberger. 
Forsythia. 
Bush Honeysuckle (sometimes later). 
Fire Bush. 
April 
Golden Elder. 
Purple Leaf Japanese Flowering Plum. 
Rose Tree of China. ; 
Snowberry. 
Bush Honeysuckle. 
Mock Orange (Syringa). 
May 
Deutzia Pride of Rochester (or in June). 
Pink Snowball (or June). 
White Snowball (or June). 
Chinese Beauty Bush. 
Lilac. 
June 
Deutzia. 
Chinese Beauty Bush. 
Weigela-Rosea. 
Eva Rathke and on and off during the 
summer). 
July 
Butterfly Bush (and on to frost). 
Spirea Anthony Waterer (and on to 
frost). 
August and September 
Rose of Sharon. 
Beier ant ere eee 
I’ve often worried about people speak- 
ing of doctors ‘“‘practicing.” 


Chinese Elm for Shade 
For quick shade you just can’t beat 
the Chinese Elm. Read what this cus- 
tomer says about her tree: 
“Dear Henry: Picture of Chinese Elm 
I paid 25c for and planted April, 1935. 
It was just 4 feet tall. Today it is 34 
inches around at bottom. It has been the 
wonder of our neighbors because of it’s 
rapid growth. We have 5 others on our 
lawn.’’—Mrs. F. B. Vandershule, Glen- 
wood, Ia. 

TWO SPECIAL CHINESE ELM OFFERS 

Chinese Elm for Windbreak 
If it’s quick, tight, tall windbreak you 
want, it’s Chinese Elm again. Here’s what 
Geo. Rupprecht of Barnes City, Ia., says: 
‘Dear Henry: These Chinese Elms of 
yours were set out spring of ’37. Picture 
taken July 4, 1939. We set them 18 in. 
apart. Their growth has been miraculous, 
and now the windbreak is of great value.”’ 


FOR WINDBREAK 100 
Huge 1% to 2 ft. Chi- 
nese Elms. The Ideal 
size for transplanting. 
Of 00 post. 
PAID 

FOR SHADE 4 
Big 4 to 5 foot Chinese 
Elms. 98: od 
Free 1 Weeping Willow 

I Forgot Crepemyrtle 
Seems like I never forget to forget 
something in the catalog. This year, it 
was crepemyrtle and it should sure have 
been listed because it’s so very very pop- 
ular, 
Undoubtedly it’s the most beautiful 
shrub in the world, and the most out- 
standing. It grows tall and is simply cov- 
ered with giant grape-like clusters of 
bloom all summer long, They are per- 
fectly hardy up to the middle of Missouri 
and should be planted by EVERYONE 
south of there. Farther north, the tops 
die down, but if well protected, they will 
live over and bloom each year on new 
wood. They’re so beautiful, it’s worth 
trying to help them live over up here. 
While the stock lasts, price is 29e each; 
4 for $1.00 postpaid. State choice of 
color: red or pink. 
About Thornless Boysenberries 
In recent years a fellow came out with 
a Boysenberry which he gays is thornless. 
Lots of catalogs started a big ballyhoo 
about it. Now we’ve been experimenting 
with this berry and honestly I can’t con- 
vince myself it’s thornless. Anyway, not 
enough to recommend it to you 100% and 
put it in my catalog. I’ve always wanted 
to be positive of merit first. 
But since so many of you folks have 
written me to ask if what you saw in 
some other catalogs about it was true, 
I’m going to ask you to try it yourself 
and let me know what you think of it. 
I have a few of my original experimental 
plants I will let you have at a low price— 
24c each, 2 for 45c or the larger (quicker- 
bearing) plants at 39c. Just have a few, 
so order early and let me know what you 
think of it. * « « «* +# 
Will power is the ability to eat one 
salted peanut. 

The New Nursery Items 
We have to keep up with the new 
things in planting just like in everything 
else. Not that the old standbys are no 
longer good, but because these new items 
are improvements over the old ones in 
some very important respect and will 
someday probably replace the older va- 
rieties. Any self-respecting, half-proud 
gardener wouldn’t let a year go by with- 
out trying one or two of the new things 
and I hope most of you can try more. 
Here they are: 
NEW MIRACLE FRUIT—These 
fruit trees produce several varieties of 
fruit on one tree. A whole orchard on 
ONE TREE! Page 30 in catalog. 
NEW SWEETHEART CHERRY—- 
At last a SWEET cherry that’s HARDY. 
Pictured inside front cover of catalog. 
NEW SUPERAHARDY MANCHUR- 
IAN APRICOT—Will bear anywhere. 
Inside cover catalog. 
NEW RUBY RED RHUBARB—AL 
most completely red. Seedless. 
NEW GIANT RED-FLESHED BUSH 
CHERRY—AlImost as big as a plum 
with hardiness and dwarf habit of the 
bush cherry. 
NEW FIELD’S GIANT ROSE— 
Blooms almost 5 inches across. (Inside 
back cover.) 
NEW DOUGLAS PEAR — Quick 
bearer. Disease free. 
NEW GOLDEN MUSCAT—Now we 
can have California type eating grapes 
in our Own yard. (Inside cover cata- 
log.) 
NEW RED FLOWERING PEACH— 
New ornamental tree, covered with 
blooms. = 
These aren’t all by any means, but it 
will get you started looking for all the 
new nursery items in the catalog. Try at 
least two of them this year. : 

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