2 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 1946—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, fowa 














Wish Mrs. Dave Swenson, Wessington 
Springs, South Dakota, would have sent a 
picture of all her children. She has 14. 
And you can see from this picture that 
they all had the good from a garden. They 
certainly look healthy. Send us another 
picture, Mrs. Swenson. 
Biggest Year 
for H. F. Seed Co. _— 
This has been the biggest year for the 
Henry Field Seed Company. More people. 
from more states sent in their orders this 
year than ever before. When I look back 
on the spring shipping season I wonder 
how we ever got things out to you. There 
were times when we were thousands of 
orders behind, and we just couldn’t get 
enough help to keep up the usual Henry 
Field service. 
We shipped out more nursery, more 
garden seed, more hybrid, chicks, field 
seed and garden supplies than I like to 
remember. Don’t know where l got it all. 
But we managed somehow, and when 
you good people had to wait a few days 
for your orders you didn’t complain too: 
much. Am thankful to you for it, 
This fall we’ll be able to take care of 
your orders better and on time. But I’m 
expecting the biggest.fall season in his- 
tory, too, so don’t wait. Let me know — 
what you’ll want right away. I'll send it 
when it should be planted in your com- 
munity. And, as usual, it will be fair 
measure and a little more, a fair price, 
and 100% satisfaction guaranteed, as 
always. 
Don’t Delay Planting 
(2G SE 
The nursery I send out is all vigorous, 
healthy stock that will. really grow for 
you. But it’s still perishable. It’s un- 
natural for it to be out of the ground. 
And it won’t live for you, or anybody 
else, if you don’t plant it right away. So 
get your nursery stock into the ground 
as soon as you can—the day you receive 
it if possible. . Don’t leave it laying 
around. If you can’t plant it right away, 
heel it in with dirt piled well above plant- 
ing depth in the nursery. This way you 
can be sure it will remain alive. @ 
‘A Real H. F. Booster 
‘Dear Mr. Wield: I must say your seed 
yields the largest crop of any seed in Cali- 
fornia that I have seen. That Ozark Queen 
Blackberry I ordered from you two years ago 
passes up all Blackberry crops I ever saw 
as to yield and quality for canning and com- 
mercial marketing. For better crops and 
nursery stock order from H.F.”—Jesse 
yoyee 130 E. Clark St., Baldwin Park, Cali- 
ornia. ee 
No Conversation Here 
RE SS LD LD 
Mrs. C. L. Reedy, Rt. 2, Crawfordsville, 
Indiana, says her boys Lyle and Roy sure 
like Henry Field Sugar Lump Watermel- 
ons. All boys do. And they’re easy to 
grow, and really ripen early. 







































Oldest H. F. Gardener? ? 
SE RS EE I TE I 
“Dear Mr. Field: This is my grand- 
mother who celebrated her 99th birthday 
last Oct. 23. The other day my aunt and 
I were cleaning the yard and she watched 
through the window awhile and out she 
came, got the rake and went to work.” — 
Mrs. Grace A. Shreve, Petersburg, West 
Virginia. 
Mrs. Shreve’s grandmother will be a 
hundred about the time you folks read 
this. Is there an older H. F. gardener? 
Pansies Never Fail 
Don’t believe there is any more satis- 
fying flower to set out now than Pansies. 
They always come through, and they 
bloom and bloom and bloom. And the 
more you pick them, the more they bloom. 
Most people seem to wait until spring to 
set them out. That’s foolish. Too often we 
wait to do it until no plants are left, or 
we set them out so late we don’t get the 
early blooms. Setting them in the fall is 
the best answer. That way you get bigger 
and earlier flowers. 
Beat High Cost of Fruit 
Don’t know anything that reflects bet- 
ter the higher cost of living than: fruit. 
What we have to pay for it on the market 
is really a fright. 50c¢ a qt. for straw- 
berries; 10c a lb. for apples; even more 
for peaches, and plenty for everything. 
And it’s all so useless and foolish when 
we Can grow it at home for almost noth- 
ing. For an investment in plants of only 
a very few dollars we can be entirely in- 
dependent of high prices. And have 
things on hand when we want them, too. 
Carnations Without Greenhouse 
You can have the same fine, fragrant 
Carnations you pay fancy prices for at 
the greenhouse in your own garden. And 
they are hardy, will do well for you any 
and every year. My hardy Carnations are 
an improved strain with lusty flowers on 
stems often 20 in. tall. And they bloom 
from early summer to frost. 



Happy Days! 
With most of the boys back, we’ve cer- 
tainly had a lot of H. F. weddings, and 
I’ve been sending out roses or peonies to 
all couples who send in pictures. Wish I 
could print them all. Mrs. Geo. Goetz of 
Zenda, Kansas, sends this one of her son 
George and his wife. 


Hybrid in Kansas 
Here is how they pile up Henry Field 
Hybrid on the R. W. Crayton farm near 
Morland, Kansas. Just like they do with 
H, F. Hybrid in almost every state in the 
country. 
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