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

Not Enough Catalogs 
I want to apologize to a good many 
thousands who wrote to me this year for 
a catalog and didn’t get one. Nothing I’d 
rather do than send out my catalog, un- 
less it’s sending out seed and nursery or- 
‘ders. But this year I just didn’t have 
enough to go around. And almost three 
times as many new people wrote in as 
usual. All I could send them was a little 
leaflet listing a few of the seed and nur- 
sery things I sell. 
Paper shortage is the reason, of course. 
There isn’t enough of it. Boys in the 
Service have been using it. So am not 
kicking. Am cutting down on my catalog 
for next year, so I can send out more of 
them, This doesn’t mean I'll have fewer 
things to sell. Will actually have more. 
But catalog will be rearranged to make 
better use of space, at the same time Sav- 
ing paper so I can print more catalogs. 
Radiance Roses 
Meant to get in a collection of Radi- 
ance Roses in the catalog pages, but 
somehow I forgot, or maybe the printer 
just left it out. Can’t say too much for 
the Radiance group. They’re really won- 
derful. Strong, hardy, graceful, long- 
blooming. Almost anything good you can 
think about roses, you can say about 
_ Radiance Roses. So here is a bargain Col- 
lection: 1 Pink Radiance, 1 White Radi- 
ance and 1 Red Radiance, all for $2.69, 
postpaid. No. XL-5. These are 2 yr., field 
grown plants. Best you can buy any 
place. And a better price. 

How to Keep Carrots 
“Pm wondering if you know my way of 
keeping carrots. Haven’t seen it mentioned 
in the catalog or Seed Sense. Put in a stone 
jar and cover with a wooden lid. Keep in 
If you have to pull them when 
the ground is wet, wash them off and let 
dry. Put them out in sun to dry. But get 
them into the jar the same day they are 
pulled if possible. Leave just a little of the 
top. The last in the spring will be solid and 
erisp.’—Mrs. Harriet Harris, Winston, Mis- 
souri. 
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Four Generations 
Here’s four generations of Henry Field 
customers from way off in Fredonia, New 
York. Mrs. Faye Johnson sends the pic- 
ture. She’s the one on the left. With her 
are her daughter, Mrs. Lean Le Barron, 
her mother, Mrs. Sheldon C. Weaver, and 
her granddaughter, Audrey. 


- Wait and See 
Seems like all of us are impatient. But 
when you plant my Hybrid Elm, you’re 
going to have to wait for it to get started. 
This doesn’t sound right, because the Hy- 
brid Elm is the fastest growing tree of 
them all. But if you set it out during a 
period of drought, even minor drought, it 
will take longer to leaf out and get 
started than most other trees; even the 
hard wood types. Just wait and see. It 
will surprise you when it gets going. 


Three Pals 

Mrs. Merl Stone of Sidon, Arkansas, ~ 
sends me this picture of the three pals on 
her farm. Edna, age 9, Capers, age 4, and 
their horse. Wonder if they’re going out 
to plow the garden? ; is 
About Inoculation 
When you order inoculation along with 
your field seed order, we usually put it 
into the seed bag. So when your seed ar- 
rives, open it and feel around for the 
package or can. Sometimes it works it- 
self down in the bag to the bottom. 

Picture with lst Order 


Robert E. Hughes, 19, sends in this 
picture with his first order for Henry 
Field seeds. He says he weighs 694 Ibs., 
is 5 ft. 9 in. tall, and measures 84 in. 
ater the waist and 91 in. around the 
chest, f 
¢ 


When to Dig Tulips 
Don’t dig your tulip bulbs until the 
tops die down naturally. When the leaves 
wither, this means that the bulb under 
the ground is ‘‘curing.”’ 
riod is necessary. After bulbs are dug, 
remove the dirt, store im cool cellar and 
replant in late October or November. ° 
Some people leave tulips in one location © 
for 4 or 5 years without moving. This 
isn’t necessary, but it won’t hurt the 
bulbs either. 
Rhubarb-Asparagus . 
Bargain 
You’d be surprised how many people 
don’t have Rhubarb and Asparagus in 
their gardens. I know, because I sell so 
much of it. Some of them order just to 
replant I suppose, but most.of them are 
ordering these two favorites for the first 
time. For me, I just couldn’t do without 
them. If you feel that way, too, here’s a 
bargain you can’t pass up. 25 of my won- 

derful Paradise Asparagus, and 5 of my | 
all for $1.59, DOSst=p= 
Tender-Stalk Rhubarb 
paid.—ZH-4. : 
There is no doubt but that the things — 
which are helping mankind to get up in 
the world are alarm clocks and stepla 
ders—not to mention elevators. 
“Dear Mr. Field: I have just received my 


garden seeds and am very much pleased | 
with them. Thanks for the free flower seeds. 
I always plant Field seeds and always have 
a fine garden. 
planted a long row last spring and on the 
17th of Jume we hada bad hailstorm that 
destroyed my garden entirely. Nothing left 
of tomatoes but short stems. It was too 
late to plant seeds again so I left the stubs 
in the ground and hoed around them. Well, 
believe it or not, every one of them grew, 
and were loaded with fruit. I counted as 
many as 42 tomatoes on a branch.”—Miss 
A. Sehroeder, Rt. 3, Juniata, Nebraska, ; 

Hello, Mr. Field 
Don’t, know if that’s what little Ca 
Lee Salo is saying but it looks like 
Hope so, I like to hear from little 
dren, i 
This picture is from Mrs. L. A. Ham- 

bley of Coolidge, Kansas, and Carol is her — 
granddaughter. 
She lives way off in Los 
Angeles, Calif, See 
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The secret of having a fine 
garden is to plant good seeds like Field’s. — 
Your Red Head Tomato can not be beat. I 
