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Grew So Fast 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here is a picture of, 
myself and part of my 400 chicks which 
arrived April 24th. They sure were a 
fine bunch of chickens and grew so fast.”’ 
—Mrs. W. A. Boyer, Bonne Terre, Mo. 
Visit Henry Field Stores 
You customers who live near my stores 
should drop in for a visit.once in a while. 
They are all well stocked with seasonable 
things to plant, and the supplies and 
equipment you need to go with planting. 
Am especially proud of them this year, so 
‘drop in and get acquainted with the man- 
agers. They know a lot about gardening 
and farming, and will be sya. to help 
you. 
Here’s where they are and the man- 
agers’ names: 
FT. DODGE, IOW A—517 Central Ave., 
Frank Edgerton, manager. 
STORM LAKE, IOWA—512 Erig St., 
Harold (Steve) Stevens, manager. 
DES MOINES, IOWA-—215 Walnut St., 
Don White, manager. Nursery Store, 3801 
Douglas, Sim Carey, manager. 
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA—942 P Street, 
C. W. (Breck) Brekenfeld, manager. 
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA—535 West 
Broadway, A. R. (Het) Hettinger, man-, 
ager. 
SPENCER, IOWA—216 South Grand, 
Clyde Bromwell, manager. 
OMAHA, NEBRASKA — 7110 Dodge 
St., John A. (Andy) Andresen, manager. 
SO. OMAHA, NEBRASKA—4929 So. 
24th St., J. T. Zimmerman, manager. 
SHENANDOAH, IOWA— 407 Syea- 
more St., H. P. (Pate) Simmons, man- 
ager of retail store, and all the rest of 
us, too. 
Some Had Buds 
“Dear Mr. Wield:. Now that ET have the 
Straw berries, Raspberries, Boysenberries 
and Rhubarb in, I must write*and tell you 
how nice they were, especially the Straw- 
berries. I mever saw such vigorous plants 
—some even had buds and I don’t think even 
one didn’t grow.”—Mrs. Geo. Gerdes, 336 
Avenue G, Fort Dodge, Iowa. 
Well Pleased 
“Dear Henry: I got your grape collection 
and I am well pleased with them. I never 
saw anything do better.”—Thomas Farabee, 
Henrietta, Missouri. 
Challenges the World 
‘Dear Henry: Here is part of my vic- 
tory garden in 1945. Will challenge the 
U.S.A. as having the largest garden all 
worked with hoe and garden plow. Over 
60,000 sq. ft. and passed 80 yrs. old. I 
want to tell you the quality of your 
Golden Hybrid Sweet Corn was the finest 
ever grown. I had all of my garden 
planted early and had the finest peas and 
beans that I have ever grown. This pic- 
ture of myself was taken in my sweet 
‘potato patch of over 2500 plants.’’—Mr. 
C. F. Sutter, Salina, Kansas. 



Don’t Delay Planting 
Nursery Stock — 
Have been saying it in every Seed 
Sense for I don’t know how many years, 
but don’t delay planting your nursery 
stock when you get it. Nursery isn’t like 
garden seed. It’s really perishable—es- 
pecially when it dries out. So get it in 
the ground the very first day it arrives. 
If the weather is bad, heel it in the 
ground. It will stay alive this way and 
give you time to plan your planting. But 
the best way is to plant it in a perma- 
nent location right away. 
One of the Loveliest 
When I wrote the big spring catalog I 
didn’t think I’d have enough of these 
lovely beauties to take care of you, so I 
‘didn’t list them. I’m talking about my 
wonderful Blazing Star perennial. Some 
of you will know it as Liatris, but this 
particular one just can’t be called by 
such a colorless name. Its flowers are on 
tall spikes of a bright red-purple that just 
can’t be described. They grow 3 ft. tall 




they especially like those hot conditions 
which many flowers can’t stand. One of 
my favorites. And it should be yours. 
1’l] send you 2 for 65c or 3 for 89¢e, post- 
paid. Just ask for No. W-216. 


ee 
Am required by the State of Iowa to 
collect a 2% Sales Tax on most of the 
things I sell in Seed Sense and the cata- 
log, so hope you will add this sum to your 
orders. You DO NOT have to pay a sales 
tax, however, on field seeds, and corn. 
Just add the tax for garden seed, nursery 
stock and miscellaneous merchandise. 
* 
absolutely anywhere—wet or dry. And: 
Iowa Sales Tax 
HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1946—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, lowa 



In Dewiieen Honolulit 
-. “Dear Mr. Field: You will find encliee ! 
an order for shrubs, etc., also a picture 
of our sailor son, Floyd A..Ewer, M.A.M.- 
1/c taken with some of his buddies. The 
sailor on the right, stooping on the 
ground, is our son. This picture wa 
taken in downtown Honolulu in front 
a Jap dry goods store. He enlisted | 
the Navy in 1942, and received his dis- 
charge last N ovember 9. He was 0 
Guam, Pearl Harbor and Tokyo. W 
would like the free tree for Our son.”’- 
Mrs. A. B. Ewer, Waverly, Kansas, 
Glad Mrs. Ewer’s son is safely ho 
and the free servicemen’ s tree was ‘Sel 
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- Payment i in Nursery 
ST Someined we have orders that jneluden 
postage free items and others which 
should be shipped express collect. . When 
these two go out together, which happens — 
sometimes, the customer has to pay ex- 
press charges on the items which he 
bought at a postpaid price. Naturally, | 
this isn’t fair. To make it right with 
the customer, we always try to send 
along extra nursery stock that is_ wens 
MORE than the postage charges involved. 
This seemed better than to make up ie 4 
packages, and the customer actually gets” a 
a very good bargain out of it. 
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BS Chinese or celery cabbage to be really 
successful must be planted sometime dur- 
ing the last two weeks in. uy and | ‘NO 
IN THE SPRING. : 





"Shares Her Flown 
' “Dear Sir: - have two fneds ‘of the Mineat im 
and most beautiful Marigolds and Zinnias I © 
have ever seen. My neighbors and friends © 
are taking them away by the arm loads and — 
everyone says they have mever seen such | 
beautiful flowers and want to know where E ~ 
got the seeds. I tell them they are Henry 
Fields seeds. My mums are So beautiful too, a 
so many beautiful colors. I bought all my © 
flower seeds, bulbs and shrubs from you and — 
just wanted to tell you how pleased I am 4 
with everything.”—Mrs. G. W. Whipple, a4 
E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kansas. 34 
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