

A Block of Apple Trees in Our Nursery 

Thought you would be interested in seeing some of our many acres of apple trees 
in the process of being “manufactured.” 
This is Faye Pullen, our nursery superintendent, standing in the row to give you 
an idea of how tall the trees are. 
These are all one year old and won’t be dug until 
they are two years old. We never dig before that time. 
In the background, you can see the bearing orchard on my. Sleepy Hollow farm 
(the place where I started business many, 
many years ago). 
Of course this doesn’t 
give you any idea of the immense acreage we have growing of cherries, apples, 
perennials and other nursery stock, but does show you a little of how clean we keep 
it and the care we take to see that the best nursery stock in the world comes from 
Henry Field. 

Planting Gossip 
by Paul, the Nurseryman 

One of the best helps you can give your 
permanént plantings is to give them a good 
soaking up before the ground freezes. And 
if there are some warm spells during the 
winter, get out and water, if things look dry. 

We’re just coming into the season when 
evergreens are doubly welcome with their 
beautiful green color when everything else 
is brown. Every well planted home ought 
to have plenty of evergreens. And fall is as 
good a time as any to plant them. 

Now is the time to remove all dead tops 
from perennials, peonies,. iris and burn. 
Helps to keep disease from being carried 
over the winter. 

If you have trees or shrubs to move, don’t 
move them until they are dormant (have lost 
their leaves). Then you may move them 
without any difficulty if you don’t expose 
the roots to air or sun any more than you 
have to. 
Oriental Poppies do best if set before Oct. 
ist, so get those orders in right away. 
Plant plenty of tulips in clumps here and 
there in your border. Their blooms come so 
early in the spring, they are always wel- 
come. 
If you want plenty of bloom all winter in 
your home a dozen or two paper white Nar- 
eissus will give it to you. Pot some up now, 
Some a few weeks later and some a little 
later than that and you will have blooms off 
and on all winter. 
we promise you 100% 


‘Peonies are best planted in the fall. So 
are iris. Both are ideal for cemetery use. 
Fall not only is the ONLY TIME that 
tulips, crocus, narcissus, etc., can be planted, 
but it is becoming the IDEAL TIME to plant 
other nursery stock. The cooler days and 
very cool nights together with rains make 
an ideal time for starting nursery stock. 
Send in your order early. 
the correct time for planting this fall. And 
satisfaction in our 
nursery stock. That’s the only rule Henry 
makes for us in the nursery department— 
100% satisfaction for you. 
We'll ship at 
ll Ship Nursery Early 
Bulbs, Iris, Poppies and the. like we’ll 
send out the same day we get your order. 
But with nursery plants it’s different. 
Some things like trees, roses, ete., don’t 
go dormant until pretty late and to move 
them before they are dormant would do 
you about as much “good as planting 
broomsticks. So on these items, order 
them NOW and IJ’ll hold them and ship 
them at correct fall planting time in spe? 
locality. 
Strawberries will be shipped from the 
middle of September; the fruit trees, 
roses, grapes, shade trees, etc., about Oct. 
10. Before that won’t do you any good 
and after that is the ideal time to fall 
plant. So get those orders in now so I can 
save stock for you and ship it at the ee 
time, 
Bulbs Searce! 
Imports of bulbs have now been cut off 
for several years. Supplies are mighty 

short. If you want to make sure of get-' 
ting those you need, please send your or- 
der in right away. We’ll do our best, but 
won’t promise that our supplies will near 
go around.—H. F, 
Field’s Seeds Can’t Be Beat 
“Dear folks: I have wanted to write 
for some time and tell you how I like 
your catalog and especially Seed Sense. 
I read every word and enjoy Seed Sense 
so much, I read it several times. It is 
just like talking to some nice friendly 
person. 
‘“‘We think Field’s seeds simply can’t be 
beat the seeds arrived in fine shape.’”’— 
Mrs. Nancy Lay, Stroud, Okla. 
* * * 

Don’t forget that fall is the IDEAL time 
to sow a lawn, 
Praises Our Nursery Stock — 


Ch. Elm Grew 51% Ft. ‘Ast ‘Yr. 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here is a snap of one 
of your 1 14 foot Chinese Elms planted in = 
the spring of 1941. The picture was taken — 
in October of the same year with the ‘ee 
growing over 514 feet the first season.” 
Mrs. Don Ulrey, Medford, Okla. — 
The Chinese Elm is about the fastest | 
growing tree there is. Now after the tree ak 
got established the first-season—watch | te 
go the next year.—H. F. Aah vera ee 
Rose Care Over Winter = a 
_ Roses being one of the most port 
flowers grown, we seem to get more ques- 
tions about rose care over winter than 
any other. Here are the answers: ; 
As soon as your roses become dormant . ve 
because of heavy frost, mound the earth ~ 
up around the plant about 10 inches high. 
Cut the tops back about one third, so they 4 
won’t whip in the wind. After the ground 
freezes well, take straw or straw and S 









leaves and mulch the roses weighting this 
down with cornstalks or brush. (Don’t 
pack leaves solid without straw or sticks 
mixed as leaves tend to pack and smother 
the plant.) Climbers are generally laid — 
down on the ground and covered the same 
way. Polyanthus and Perpetuals and 
the new Brownells seldom need winter 
care. Be sure anid remove this covering in 
the spring after danger of frost is past. _ <2 
Nursery Prices Highs 
ESET 
Because of the shortage of manpower, ~ 
some of the nursery items that we don’t 
grow ourselves (and some we do) are 
getting harder and harder to find. Whole- 
salers of nursery stock are asking right — 
now TWICE what they asked last year 
for their stock. : 
That simply means that hae you buy — 
and get planted this fall is going to be — 
bought at a price that you’ll wish you © 
had next spring, a 



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“I want to tell you how much we ap- 
proce your promptmess in filling or- 
ers. 
“We ordered from two: other firms ; 
much nearer, the same day we sent you 
an order and received your shipment AT 
LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THE OTH. 
ERS. Also things seemed fresher and on 
could see you had given care to the order 
“The free gift and extra shrubs were a 
delight to discover. 
intend to order from you and ee. 
buying our chicks there.””—Mr. and Mr; 
D. B. Simmons, Afton, Oklahoma, ~ 







