$ HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1943—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah 

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Nice Kitty 
This doesn’t have much to do with the 
seed business, but I just couldn’t help 
printing it because it’s such a lovable 
picture. Little 2 yr. old Annie Walker 
seems to be greatly in love with her kitty, 
but I won’t try and tell you what the 
kitty is thinking. M. J. Howe ‘of Sun- 
rise, Wyo., who sent in this picture of his 
granddaughter says, ‘‘We certainly enjoy 
the Seed Sense and your radio programs.”’ 
He sent in a big $11.20 nursery and gar- 
den seed order at the same time. 
New SEEDLESS Concord Grape 
When something new comes out in the 
nursery or seed line, you folks know I 
always hear about it and start looking 
it over. A few years back, a grape which 
was called Seedless Concord was intro- 
duced. I looked it over and didn’t like 
it. It was inferior in every way with 
small grapes and some seeds. 
But just recently I found an improved 
strain that is absolutely worth while. 
They are big grapes—almost as large as 
Concords—and THEY ARE SEEDLESS. 
Then too, they have proven hardy in the 
middlewest. I only have a few vines, so 
saved them for Seed Sense. While they 
last, they’re 75c each; 3 for $2 postpaid, 
but be sure when you order these 
(whether from me or someone else) that 
you get the IMPROVED STRAIN. 
25 Foot Fence $1.00 
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_ It looks now like I might have a small 
surplus of the extra fine hedging plant 
—Amoor Privet. This is the finest of all 
hedging plants to most folk’s notion, 
especially where you want to trim it— 
for it trims beautifully to, any height. 
So I’m making a special deal for you 
Seed Sense readers of 25 of these privet 
plants for only $1.00. Since you set them 
a foot apart, that makes 25 ft. of fence 
or hedge. Plants are 9 to 12 in. tall. 
Be sure to trim to within 2 in. of 
ground after planting. Ask for Seed 
Sense hedge offer. ; 
More Kind Words 
Here’s part of a letter from Mrs. E. 
G. Hoover, 5210 North 15th Street, 
Omaha, Nebraska, that we were happy 
to get: 
‘Mr, Field, you are as good a 
student of human nature as you are 
of the nature of your plants, seeds, 
and nursery stock. You know what 
people want and like, and you give 
it to them when you give friendli- 
ness and understanding.”’ 

Who Said Bear? 

“Who said bear? Im ready and a 
waitin’ with an itchy trigger finger for 
any varmint or critter or bear whose a 
thinkin’ he’ll be prowlin’ round these 
here parts.”’ 
This dangerous looking fellow with 
plenty of protection is the son of Mrs. 
Alex Evans of Bluffton, Ark., who says, 
“This is my little boy, Fay. I would like 
to see him looking at me from Seed 
Sense.”’ 
About My. Strawberry Plants 
With strawberries so easy to raiss, I 
imagine new gardeners will be putting 
them in more than anything else in the 
nursery line. And I’d like to tell the 
new gardeners a little about the different 
kinds of strawberry plants on the market. 
First of all, you want young plants. 
Old mother plants from some nurseries 
won’t bear for you. Beware of them. 
Second, you want to get plants with 
heavy roots. Some nurseries pay little 
attention to roots and send any kind of 
plant. We grade them carefully. We 
know you want your plants TO GROW. 
Third, you want your strawberries 
fresh dug and shipped separate from 
other nursery stock. If they are shipped 
with other nursery stock, they ‘“heat’’ 
and if you get plants like that I pity you. 
Fourth, you want full count—not 22 
or 23 in a bundle of 25, but 25. 
Getting good nursery stock is some- 
thing not to take a chance on. You 
must buy from an expert to be sure you 
get what you should have. Most of you 
know that for over 50 years I’ve made 
a specialty of strawberry plants and know 
you want young plants with heavy roots, 
fresh dug and shipped separate, and full 
count and that’s just what you’ll get at 
Henry Field’s. But please reserve what 
you want egarly. We’ll reserve them for 
you and ship at proper planting time. 
Stops Rhubarb Seeding 
One of our good friends and customer, 
Mrs. Whyte of Nebraska City follows this 
method in taking care of the rhubarb to 
prevent it from going to seed. 
Bushel baskets or large five gallon 
cans placed over the clump of the rhu- 
barb just as they start into growth in the 
spring. This protects them not only from 
the sun and the wind but makes the 
stalks extra sweet and juicy even though 
the leaves are partly bleached. You can 
have rhubarb longer this way. 

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“Here I am... Henry Field’s rhubarb 
sure does grow, but I’m 36% inches tall 
and it can’t hide me.” 
This is the grandson of Mr. O. HE. Buz- 
ard of Sharon Springs, Kansas. 
Mrs. Field’s Chili Con Carne 
We’ve had a lot of inquiries for Mrs. 
Field’s recipe for Chili Con Carne that we 
enjoy so much so I’m going to print it 
here so you all can have a copy. This 
makes a small batch of about 4 quarts. 
2 Ibs. lean meat (half beef and half 
pork) chop or grind in food grind- 
er with coarse knife. 
qts. cooked or canned tomatoes. 
qt. cooked or canned red beans. 
cup canned corn—cream style. 
large sweet onion, chopped fine, 
or ground. 
tsp. chili powder or paprika. 
tsp. red pepper. 
tsp. sausage seasoning. 
tsp. salt (as tastes vary, better 
use salt and pepper to taste, and 
keep tasting till you get it just to 
suit your individual taste). 
i qt. water. 
Cook 4 or 5 hours slowly in open kettle 
—or cook the meat for 1 hour in pressure 
cooker, with the 1 qt. of water, then add 
the rest of the ingredients and cook 1 hr. 
open kettle. “a 
If you like it thicker, just before it is 
done stir in 4% cup of flour for thicken- 
ing. é 
If you wish to can it up for future use, 
you can put in fruit jars, seal, and process 
in the usual way in pressure cooker or 
water bath. We give it 1 hour at 10 lbs. 
pressure in pressure cooker. 
When opening it for later use, simply 
reheat it, and if it seems too thick and 
heavy, thin it a bit. 
Note—The above. i® a small batch. 
When we are making it to can, we make 
3 times the above amount, making a 
batch of 12 qts. when finished. 3 
Changes Homes 
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“Dear Mr. Field: Last year we lived on 
R. 5, Lebanon, Mo., and we bought our 
garden seeds from you by mail and that, 
my friend, was SOME garden. Here in 
Amarillo, we want to use your seeds 
again.’’—Mrs, Charles R. Harrison, Jr., 
2220 Taylor, Amarillo, Texas. 
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