

‘What Smiles! 
Pe PEt iets RE 
This picture was sent in by my good 
customer Mrs. Ely Ruark, Rt. 2, Mount 
Vernon, Missouri. It is her two young- 
sters, Shelia Ann and Gerry Don, with 
some Sugar Lump melons. Those smiles 
really show what Shelia and Gerry are 
thinking about, how good those melons 
are, going to taste. 


_Bigger’n My Head 
“Dear Mr. Field: Such a load as I 
have, and you see they are bigger’n my 
head. They are some of your new melon 
grown from the few seeds you sent to 
mother in the spring. And are they good! 
They were golden yellow and sweet down 
to the rind. We will want a lot more in 
our garden next year.’’—Janet Barnett, 
Rt. 3, c/o Wesley Barnett, Newton, Iowa. 
H.F. Rose 33 Years Old 
“Dear Sir: Here is a picture of my 
sister Margaret beside the Regal lily we 
got from you a few years ago. It has done 
fine and there are now 2 large blooming 
stalks with 10 and 12 flowers on each. 
The other flowers in the picture also Came 
from you. My mother still has the beau- 
‘tiful pink climbing rose you sent her 
when. she was married 33 yrs. ago.’”’— 
Miss Catherine Damm, Chillicothe, Mo. 

Some H.F. Squash 
SE 
“Dear Mr. Field: Mere is a picture of 
my husband and daughter taken beside 
our warty Hubbard squash bought of you. 
The two smooth squash at the right on 
the bottom row is on display to decorate 
the window at my husband’s sister’s 
floral shop in North Platte. They both 
weighed 4714 Ibs. We put the rest of 
them in the cellar for some nice baked 
squash this winter.”—Mr. and Mrs. Dick 
Kelso, Hershey, Nebraska. 
Mrs. Field’s Tomato Catsup 
1 
qt. tomato pulp 
1 medium onion, grated or ground 
1 cup sugar 
% cup vinegar 
1 heaping tsp. celery salt 
1 tsp. salt 
scant 144 tsp. red pepper 
1 tsp. mixed pickling spices 
Put spices and ground onion in a cloth 
bag tied very loosely so to flavor the 
catsup. properly, but still not show in 
the finished product. Mix all together 
and boil 30 minutes. Then thicken with 
1 heaping tbsp. cornstarch dissolved in 
a little cold water, and let boil about a 
minute. Taste frequently while boiling 
and add more red pepper or other spices 
till flavor is attained. Seal in bottle or 
glass jar. 
A Good Stand 
a a SS, 
“Dear Henry: I sowed the Cossack ‘alfalfa 
seed I got from you in August. We didn’t 
have any rain for 3 weeks. About the 22nd- 
of Sept. we got a shower. Now the alfalfa 
is up about 10 in. high. On the clay hills, 
where there is less moisture, it is about 5 
in. high. It is a very good stand.”—Chas, 
Novak, Duquoin, Illinois. 
Send in Pictures 
Here I am asking for more pictures 
again. I know film still isn’t too plenti- 
ful, but have been able to get a little 
more and hope you have, too. Can’t put 
out the Seed Sense without them and, 
even though I can’t use them all, I al- 
Ways enjoy seeing them. Makes me feel 
good to see a picture showing how well 
H. F. seeds and stock have produced for 
one of my customers. I still pay 50c for 
every picture I use, so send yours in now. 
Write me a letter when you can, and 
if you have any problems I can help you 
with remember my advice is always free. 


Watch tomato plants for disease. Pick 
and burn any diseased leaves. 

‘An H.F. Wedding 
“Dear Mr. Field: Iam enclosing a pic- 
ture of my daughter and husband, Mr. 
and Mrs. Lester L. Wilson, who were re- 
cently married. She would like a rose. 
We have a. Paul’s Scarlet rose I bought 
of you 4 yrs. ago. This year it had 203 
blooms. Our garden did fine.”—Mrs. 
Lottie A. Fish, Rt. 2 Bx. 21, Blue Rapids, 
Kansas. 
A fine rose will be sent at the proper 
planting time to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. 
Congratulations and good luck. Always 
send a rose or peony to newlyweds who 
send me a picture.—H.F. 
Don’t Delay Planting 
Nursery Stock 
No, nursery isn’t like garden seed. ' 
It’s really perishable—especially when it 
dries out. So, as I’ve been saying in 
every Seed Sense for years, don’t delay 
in planting your nursery stock when it 
arrives. If the weather is bad when it 
arrives, heel it in the ground. It will 
stay alive this way, but if at all possible,- 
plant it in its permanent location im- 
mediately. 

Completely Superior 
“Dear Henry: I would have a guilty con- 
science if I did not help you advertise your 
United Hybrid South American pepceorn for 
what it actually is. I have been eating 
home-grown popcorn for about 50 yrs. I 
have grown and‘used all colors and numer- 
ous varieties, but this is, in every respect, 
completely superior to any of the others. It 
is the only corn I have ever seen that pops 
100%. It is by far the most brittle and ten- 
der eating I have ever seen, and pops with 
bigger units per grain.’—G. C. Chandler, 
Box 486, Sullivan, Missouri. 
A Hardy Easter Lily That 
Blooms Outdoors 
(Estate Lily.) I’ve been wanting to 
offer you a hardy Easter Lily for 50 
years. It’s something we all want in our 
gardens. And here it is. A beauty as 
delicate and wonderful as any grown in 
a greenhouse. And you can have it right 
in your own backyard. Plant it this spring 
and you’ll have blooms year in and year 
out. It grows 21% to 8 ft. tall. Just like 
what you pay $3 to $5 for at the florists. 
Some of the boys in the seedhouse 
wanted me to get’a big price for it. And 
most people would have paid it, too. 
After all, you don’t find something so 
unusual everyday! But I’m pricing it 
right in line with any of my other lilies. 
This way we can all*afford to have it. 
BAN11—Price is 59c each; 2 for $1.00; 
5 for $2.29, postpaid. And you’ll thank 
me for bringing it to you. 

