

_ 3 Big Squash — 
‘Dear Henry: We raised these from 
mry Field seed. - They were known 
_ the country round and taken to other 
towns to prove their size, as people 
thought it a fish story.”——Wm. I. Stew- 
art, 430 Garfield St., Ft. Collins, Colo- 
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_ There’s a good reason for pruning. It 
_ leaves less tops for the roots to support 
with sap. I’ve even seen plants newly set 
out that wouldn’t put out leaves until 
finally somebody pruned them—and then 
you ought to have seen them grow. 
_ Pruning makes the plant bush out/more, 
too, and that’s what we usually want. 
In the spring you should prune just as 
goon as you set the plants out but stuff 
planted this fall, shouldn’t be pruned 
until real early next spring. But then, 
get out aS soon as you can with a real 
sharp knife or pruning shears and give 
your plants a haircut. Make the cuts as 
elean as possible. ; 
Hedging shrubs I prune down to with- 
in 8 inches of the ground. It will grow 
_ just/as fast or faster as if you had left 
the tops on. Fruit trees need to have the 

top cut back a little and all the side 
branches pruned back pretty severely. 
istakes Us for Gov’t Collector 
Dear Mr. Field: Your letter came yester- 
y with our money order in it for the Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue. Sure was glad 
> get it, and am sending it on to the St. 
‘income tax office, asking that they re- 
your money order for my seed order. 
wife got the two mixed up.”—Clyde S. 
ick, Oak Park, Minnesota. 
‘sure would like to trade money orders 
th the Collector of Internal Revenue. My 
rders are getting bigger every year, but 
vernment. é 

ust coming inte the season when 
ens are doubly welcome with their 
b utiful, green color when everything else 
‘ wn. Every well planted home ought 
av enty of evergreens. And fall is as 
e as any to plant them, 


sg the time to remove all dead _ tops 
perennials, peonies, iris and burn. 
o keep disease from being carried 
inter, ; 




e trees or shrubs to move, don’t 
until they are dormant (have lost 
. Then you may move them 
fliculty if you don’t expose the 
jun any more than you have 


t suppose I can hope to compete with — 
would be enough advantage. 

As Big as Daddy! 
Gilbert has been “taking 
over” in his father’s shoes this summer, 
especially when it comes to work in the 
garden.- He’s the son of ©. A. Gilbert, 
2765 W. Hiff Ave., Denver, Colorado. 
“Corky” 
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0 | Howto Force Bulbs _ 
a 
than a potted bulb. 
wealth of bloom all winter long if you 
just plan ahead a little. g 
Hyacinths and Narcissus. force the 
easiest and bloom the best. Place Hya- 
cinths bulbs in flower pots. Barely cover 
with good, rich dirt. Press down tight. 
Set in a dark cellar and water often 
until it has made roots and looks ready 
to bloom. Then, bring upstairs to the 
light and it will shoot up and bloom in 
no- time. 
Paper White Narcissus can be started 
in water with enough pebbles to hold the 
bulb erect. Or, you can use sand. Keep 
them in the dark with plenty of water 
until it looks ready to start and then 
bring upstairs for blooming. 
I hope everyone pots up a few for 
themselves and their neighbors. Potted 
bulbs make perfect gifts and are inex- 
pensive to pick yourself. A florist charges 
from $1.50 to $2 for just one potted bulb. 
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What the world needs is more thinkers 
and less tinkers. 

5 eee meer oe. | hold candy, nuts, etc. 
There is no house plant easier to grow |. Were made by painting some black and — 
You can have a 
All from a Pkt. of Seed 
“Dear Mr. Field: The picture shows 
my 3 yr. old grandson, Stanley Brainard, ~ 
with part of the squash, pumpkins and 
gourds I grew from your pkt. of mixed 
seeds. I gave away squash all summer 
and sold some. I[ had 2 bu. of gourds 
which I painted and decorated for 
Christmas. Of the round ones I made 
balls to hang on the tree, some repre- 
senting fruit I used as a centerpiece and 
the pear shaped ones made dippers to 
Little penguins 
white and leaving the stem on for a 
beak.’’—Mrs. Nelson Cowdery, Box 37, 
Hartford, Ohio. : 
~ How’s Your Corn? 
More and more of you folks are plant- 
ing my Mule Hybrid. And I don’t blame 
you. There’s no better Hybrid any- 
where, and of course the price is right 
and you don’t have to pay big agent 
commissions. No sense in paying more 
than you have to. 
Always like to hear from my corn 
customers, so write in and tell me how 
things went this season, and if possible 
send in a picture. I pay a dollar for 
every corn picture printed in Seed 
Sense, and I always like to hear from 
you. 
One thing I like to have is good sam- 
ple ears of Mule Hybrid to show visi- 
tors here at Shenandoah. ~ If you have 
some good ears, send them in and I will 
display them in the seedhouse with your 
name. Besides that, I will give to any- 
one sending in sample ears, a generous 
sample of some new Hybrid that I’m 
working on for test. H. F. 

Plant Nursery Stock This Fall? YES! 
That’s the story. 
6 More Months to Grow 
1% year headstart on fall planted stuff. Things you didn’t get 
in last spring and want to plant next spring get a whole 4% year’s headstart if you 
set them out this fall. 
Plants don’t just sit still all winter. 
They grow. 
The roots spread out, the root 
puds swell in preparation for shooting out more roots, the dirt packs firmly, and the 
plant does during the winter what it would have to do in the spring anyway before 
it would put out leaves. 
Even if it didn’t grow any, the fact the dirt was packed firmly during the winter 
I really believe that half of the stuff lost from sprins 
planting is because the dirt isn’t packed firmly enough about the roots. 
Mind you, I don’t say a thing against spring planting. 
IT couldn’t if I would. 
What I say is, if you’ll plant this fall, your plants will have 6 months headstart over 
what you’d get by waiting till next spring. Just see if I’m not right. 
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