2 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 1945—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 


1-2-3-4—TO GO 

Nobody’s going to stop this boy, and 
Vl bet a lot he’s been fed his vegetables. 
Probably grown from Henry Field seeds, 
too. He’s the grandson of Mrs. Geo. S. 
Abbott, 418 W. 2nd St., Newton, Kansas. 
Don’t blame her a bit for wanting people 
to see his picture, I would, too. 
—.Mrs. Field’s Pumpkin Pie 

Cups stewed and strained pumpkin 
Cups rich milk or cream 
Cup granulated or brown sugar 
Eges 
tsp. salt 
tsp, ginger 
tsp. cinnamon 
this. sorghum or brown sugar. 
Mix pumpkin with milk, sugar, beaten 
eggs, salt and spices and heat 2 minutes. 
Pour into pie tin which has been lined 
with pastry. Place in hot oven at 450 ‘de- 
grees F. for 10 minutes, then lower heat 
to 350 degrees F., or “medium” and bake 
until filling is firm. 
This makes two 8-inch pies or one very 
large one. 
New Seed Sense? 
Have had a lot of letters from custom- 
ers asking about my “‘new Seed Sense.” 
Yes, I do have a new Seed Sense, in a 
way, but it is not published and sent out 
to everyone like this one is. It happened 
this way. Have always had to publish a 
monthly price list for Field Seeds, Hybrid 
Corn, and other things that are sold 
throughout the whole year. So I turned 
this price list into what I call.a “‘Remind- 
er Edition”’ of Seed Sense. It’s only four 
pages, and I mail it out as a circular with 
all my mail, including packages of garden 
seed and nursery. So, whenever you hear 
from Henry Field for any reason, you ‘ll 
get a copy of the new Seed Sense. 
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Squashes and pumpkins do not cross as 
is commonly believed. 
Is This Rooster 
~ Proud! 
Mrs. J. Walter Briggs 
of Clinton Corners, 
New York, sends in 
this picture of herself 
and the family’s pet 
rooster. She says, “We 
tried your Sugar Lump 
Melons last season and 
were delighted.’’ Didn’t 

say anything about 
her chickens. Guess 
they were O.K. - 

dry atmosphere. 

1 Seed—48 Pumpkins 
It’s hard to believe but these boys— 
Robert, 9, and Daryl, 7, Tessnier, raised 
48. pumpkins from just one H. F. seed. 
Their mother, Mrs. Robert Tessnier of 
Caledonia, Minnesota, sends this picture, 
and says ‘“‘I am so well pleased with all 
your seeds.”’ 
About Shipping 
Every year there are a few customers 
who write in to say that some of their 
nursery order is missing. Sometimes, of 
course, we make a mistake. But not often. 
What usually happens is that the order is 
split up according to when the nursery 
should be planted. Take a Fall order, for 
instance. Let’s say the order called for 
Oriental Poppies, Iris, Tulips, and some 
flowering shrubs and trees. We'd divide 
such an order up into three different ship- 
ping dates. We’d mail the Oriental Pop- 
pies and Iris in August, the Tulips in late 
September or October and the trees. and 
shrubs in late October or even November, 
depending on the season when stock was 
in best condition for you. So don’t worry 
about your order if everything doesn’t 
come in one package. Look over the pa- 
pers in the order carefully. 
you about it. And anyway, you can de- 
pend on Henry Field to send good stock, 
on time, and at a fair price. 
Winter Storage of Vegetables 
Most of the germs that cause decay like 
a high temperature and a damp, poorly 
ventilated place. Beets, cabbage, carrots, 
parsnips, potatoes, salsify and turnips 
must have more or less moisture and a 
temperature just above freezing. Squash 
and sweet potatoes like a rather warm, 
Temperature say 50 or 
60 ‘degrees. Onions just above freezing, 
but dry and good ventilation. As a rule 
an outdoor cave or cellar is best for root 
crops. For squash, onions and sweet 
tatoes a house cellar will likely be best, 
They'll tell 





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Likes Red Head Best —© 
This is Mrs. Marion Brachares, age 95, 
who must know her Henry Field seeds be- 
cause she will have nothing in her garden 
but Red Head Tomatoes. Her daughter, 
Mrs. J. K. Grafton, J anesville, Iilinois, 
another customer, sent in the picture. i 



Seed Sense an is 
catalog. It’s the first eae Y ve had a ful cs 
color catalog in the Fall, and I hope all 
of you enjoy it. 
Along with the colors goes increased 
nursery production here at Shenandoah. : 
We’ve really been working the last year, | 
and have more new things to offer than — 
ever before. Take a look at the peren- 
nial pages, for instance. Have you ever 
seen anything more beautiful? And they ~ 
are all grown right here in Shenandoah, 
on my own fields, and they’re ready to be 
shipped to you as soon as I get your order. 
Have put in some more fruits, too. 
Know you want them. And the six months 
saved by planting in the fall really mean — 
something these days. Don’t fail to set 
out fruit now. This food shortage isn’t 
going to be over soon. It’s getting worse. 
Have said so all along. And have never 
been “‘righter”’ in my life. 
Flowers to Army Hospital 
“Dear Henry: We had a fine garden last 
year and from one 9c packet of Aster seed 
we picked dishpans full of flowers and sent 
them to the Army Hospital, and the -boys 
really enjoyed them.”—D. V. Ponder, Rt. 3, _ 
Staunton, Virginia, 
Plenty of Roses Now 
Have had more complaints on roses this 
year than in the last 60. Not that my 
roses weren’t good. They were. Just as_ 
good as always. Maybe better. But I 
didn’t have enough of them. And more 
people than ever wanted roses. Don’t — 
blame them, either. There’s nothing like 
roses. i 
This Fall it will be different. I believe 
I have more roses than ANYBODY in the ~ 
whole country. I mean this. There’s no- — 
body I know of who has as many roses. “— 
And they’re all 2 yr. stock, field grown, — 
best you can buy anywhere. Look them — 
over in the catalog pages. And if you 
don’t order some, I’ll miss my guess, 
Customer for 20 Years 
“Dear Mr. Field: Thank you for Seed 
Sense and your. catalog and for every copy 
of Seed Sense I have ever had. I have been 
buying seeds from you for 20 years.”—Mr: 
Flora R. Johnston, Rt. 3, verse? New ork. 






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