HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 



Congratulations on 60th Wedding Anniversary 
Here’s a grand picture to show you what happiness really 
is. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ward of Elpaso, Dl, celebrating 
their 60th wedding anniversary and looking just as happy as 
the newlywed couple whose picture is there on page 8. 
Mrs. Ward wrote, “Mr. Ward is 83 and I am 77. We have 
used your seeds for years and know from experience they are 
fine. Put this picture in Seed Sense, if you care to.” 
worked in the garden with the flowers all day. 
No special news here. Everything very quiet and everyone 
very busy. . . Transplanted a lot of pansies yesterday. Took 
up strays where they come up volunteer in the garden and 
set them in a little bed in front of the summer kitchen, 
Bertha found a mouse in the summer kitchen—got in there 
some way. during the winter, so Yvonne, the handsome one 
of the kittens, came up from Jim’s and stayed all night, 
as she is an expert on mice, or at least claims to be. Hope 
she found it. 
Dug one row of the strawberries—Bellmar—which we raised 
for plants. Nice plants but short in number. 
Must quit now, as breakfast is ready.—H. F. 
Centerville, Missouri, 
Dear Folks All: Friday Evening. 
We are about as busy as anyone has any right to be. 
Everything needs doing at once. We have been digging black- 
berry plants steady most of the week, shipping some and set- 
ting others to make 2 yr. for next year. .Have not started 
on the strawberry plants yet, but dug one row to see how 
they look and how they will turn out. The plants are larger 
than usual but not quite as many as I had hoped. 
Got all my early garden planted now. Planted the beets 
and carrots and early turnips today. The Red Warba pota- 
toes came a day or two ago and I got them planted. Set some 
more asparagus plants at the lower end of the garden today. 
Got the garden all wheelhoed over to kill winter weeds that 
have lived over. Bertha had a big job the last two or three 
days weeding out the perennial beds that were planted last 
fall, as they had come up thick with winter weeds. Just got 
done tonite and it’s about time or I’m afraid she would have 
a permanent hump in her back. 
The cabbage and onion plants came and I got them set 
out today. Got the holes dug for a lot of new fruit trees but 
have not. got them set yet. Got the blackberries and grapes 
in the home garden all trimmed but not all those in the big 
field yet. The blackberries especially are a big job—and a 
thorny one. No more now. Z H. F. 
Centerville, Missouri, 
Dear Folks All: Saturday Evening. 
We are planning on driving home Sunday. Will start early, 
as usual, and should be home by 6:00 or 7:00 P.M. Have 
everything ready for us as usual. 
It is raining tonite, first time since we have been here this 
trip. Had a little sprinkle one day last week but that’s all. 
It has been a good time to work in the garden and to kill 
weeds. The rain started with a sprinkle about 5:00 P.M. today, 
and gradually got stronger, till now at 10:00 it is raining 
quite hard. <A steady rain with no wind. I don’t think it is 
likely to rain enough to bring the river up badly. Later: rained 
about % inches. 
We have got fairly well caught up-with the work, but never 
seem to get clear caught up. All garden planting done, and 
peas almost up. <A lot of berry setting yet to do, and some 
blackberries yet to dig, also all the strawberry plants yet to 
dig. Very little plowing done yet and oats not yet sown. 
They should be in, but we have been too busy with other things. 
Pate, you sent the atlas and seedcorn and garden drill by 
freight instead of truck, and not here yet. Will watch for 
notice of it at Glover. Must close now. H. F. 
1942— Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Towa — 


4 Going and 1 Coming ° 
Here’s a picture of ‘‘Wrong-Way” Corrigan on a horse. Any- 
way four are saying “giddap’ and one “back.” They're the 
children of Mrs. Geo. Dollard, of Eureka, Kans., good custom- 
ers of ours down there. If you want to learn how to drive 
a horse backwards you might ask Lloyd who’s coming back 
while the others are on their way. 

Questions and Answers Department 
One of our regular services on top of just selling you seeds 
is answering your questions about planting. 
sands of letters a day—big bags of it—and we’re glad to an- 
swer them all. 'That’s what we’re here for. We don’t care 
whether there’s an order in it for us or not. Usually there 
is and, of course, that’s what we’re in business for, but there 
doesn’t have to be. Look over the questions and answers 
below. Like as not, the one you were going to ask is an- 
swered there. Anyway, these ought to help you some.—H. F. 
Q. What is best soil for Clematis? 
A. It thrives in right garden loam—rather light, if pos- 
sible. Should be well drained, and a little lime mixed in at 
planting time helps. 
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Q.. Do Mo. Giant Blackberry and Boysenberry bear ~ 1st 
year? 
A. Both of these dandy berries become established the first 
season and bear on wood produced the year before. Prune 
new wood each year back to about 6 to 8 ft. 
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Q. How do you plant bush cherries? 
A. Like other shrubs. They like open, sunny location away 
from taller trees or shrubs. They’re not particular as to soil. 
Plant in groups of 2 or 3 so they have cross pollination. 
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Q. How can I prevent ear worms in Sweet Corn? 
A. Try using Henry’s famous Combination Bug Dust after 
silks are out about 3 days. Then apply it to silks every other 
day for about 2 weeks. 
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Q. What's the sprout killing date according to Moon Signs? 
A. Aug. 10th according to Moon Sign book. 
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Q. What will give me lots of quick feed for chickens? 
A. Special Chicken Lettuce page 13 in catalog. Also Swiss 
Chard, page 14. For winter feed, Poultry beets, page 21. 
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Q. What annuals can I plant in shade on north side of 
house or under trees? 
A. <Ageratum, Petunias, Salvia, Pansies, Sweet Alyssum, 
Forgetmenots, : : 
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Q. What shrubs do best in hot exposure on south side of 
house? ; 
A. Spirea, Grootendorst Rose, Lilac, Tamarix, Yucea and 
Mock Orange. 
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Q. When should I prune Spirea? < 
A. After it blooms in spring. Same is true of all spring 
blooming shrubs. Enjoy your bloom, then prune and it: will 
form new wood for blooms next spring. 

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