- HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1947 —Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 

Really Large 
“Dear Sir: Here is a snapshot of my 
son, Martin, and myself taken with some 
cabbage and onions grown from your 
plants and sets. They were really large. 
Sure enjoyed them. Be sure and send me 
_ your new catalog.’”? — Mrs. Lawrence 
Kampa, Rt. 1, Box 85, Royalton, Min- 
nesota. : 
2 Good Dahlia Offers 
Here are 2 good Dahlia offers I didn’t 
have room for in the catalog and I sure 
want all of you to have a chance to order 
them. No flower garden is complete with- 
out some of those gorgeous, colorful 
Dahlias which bloom profusely from mid- 
summer until frost, giving you bouquets 
which will be the envy of your neighbors 
and friends. ~ 
ARISTOCRAT DAHLIA OFFER 
Truly the Aristocrats of the 
Dahlia World 
KILGORE KING—ABG60—A_ monster 
golden yellow flushed pink. 
CITY OF CLEVELAND—ABG61—Big, 
: orange-red decorative. 
DARCY SAINSBURY—ABG62—World’s 
biggest and best white. 1 each, all 3 
for $2.15, postpaid. No. ABG186X. Or 
I can offer them to you separately at 
$1.00 each. 
-“NO-TWO-ALIKE” 
DAHLIA OFFER 
For Variety and Color 
2 DECORATIVE—Different colors. 
2 BALL DAHLIAS—Both different. 
1 CACTUS DAHLIA — All labeled so 
you'll know. All 5 for $1.45, postpaid. 
No. ABGI91X. 
-Dahlias Really a Wonder 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
about my dahlias. 
kinds. The huge golden yellow is a wonder. 
It measured 9 in. across and was still not 
in full bloom. It expanded fully a couple 
more inches. I am also proud of my butter- 
fly bush. Thanks a lot for your service.”— 
Etta Owens, Stilwell, Oklahoma, 3 
Novelty Potatoes 
(A Curiosity) 
ABG409—Purple skin and flesh. The 
original potato as found in Central Amer- 
ica by Columbus. Small, size of a hickory 
nut. Plant and tend as you would reg- 
ular potatoes. Every hill will grow ’most 
a hatful of tubers. I grow them for the 
fun of it. Have a few extras. Price: 3 
for 25c, postpaid, 
Just had to write you 
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Hold Tight, Carolee! 
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‘Dear Mr. Field: This is my little sis- 
ter, Carolee, age 214 yrs. That’s our dog 
on the pony with Carolee. Our daddy and 
mother’s name is Mr. & Mrs. Emery Let- 
weller. We buy your seeds and really 
have good luck with them.’—Deane Let- 
weller, Rt. 3, Mason City, Illinois. 
Payment in Nursery 
Sometimes you customers send in or- 
ders that include some express collect 
and some postpaid items.. When these 
two go out together, which sometimes 
happens, in the same package you have 
to pay charges on the items which should 
have been postpaid. Of course, this isn’t 
fair, so to make up for this extra charge 
to the customer I always try to send 
along some extra nursery stock which will 
more than make up for the postage 
charges involved. This way, you get a 
good bargain; and I thought this seemed - 
better than making up two packages. 
Un-Named Tomato 
SEES SR SEM SRE EE ne Be FO SE! 
“Dear Sir: I want you to know I certainly 
like your new un-named tomato and think 
you should list it in your catalog. My seed 
came too late to set in a hot bed so I just 
planted them in the garden. I certainly had 
strong, healthy plants and the tomatoes 
were such lovely, meaty, smooth, even sized 
tomatoes. All the neighbors raved about 
them.”—Mrs. Glen Curtis, 621 3rd Ave., Aber- 
deen, South Dakota, ‘ 

Ol 
Young Gardener 
SES A aie a eens 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here is a picture of 
myself standing on a step ladder by an' 
H.F. Sunflower and holding a head of 
H.F’. Norseman cabbage. The picture was 
taken in my garden. I am 8 yrs. old.””— 
Roger Kindler, Rt. 2, Rome, New York. 
Butternut Squash 
RES 
Here is the one you squash eaters have 
been waiting for. I have been trying for 
several years to work up enough seed so 
we could list it in the big catalog but 
haven’t succeeded so far. This year we 
saved about 100 pounds and that is not 
going to go very far, so we must sell it 
on a first come—first served basis. 
Butternut matures in 85 days. Fruit is 
about 10 or 12 inches long. It is bottle- 
shaped, has a dark tan color and a hard 
shell. It is a heavy yielder. Makes won- 
derful pies and is good boiled or baked. 
The flesh is thick, dry, fine texture, deep 
orange in color and has an unusually fine 
flavor. This year we will offer it while 
it lasts for pkt. 15c; oz. 65c, postpaid. 
Just ask for No. 7538. 
I have seven different 
Said the Farmer to His Faithful Mule ; 
Well, Lightnin’, you’re just a mule, and the son of a jackass, and I’m a man 
and made in the image of God. But here we work, hitched up together, year in 
and year out, and I often wonder if I work for you or you work for me. Maybe 
it’s a partnership. Anyway, I work as hard as you do plowing or cultivating. 
We cover the same distance, but I dojt on two legs and you do it on four, 
so I do twice as much work per leg as you do. Soon we’ll harvest the corn. 
I'll give one-third to the landlord, and one-third to you, and the balance is mine. 
You eat all of yours but the cob. I have to divide mine with my wife and seven 
children, and six hogs and sixty hens, two ducks and a banker. If you and I 
both need shoes, you’ll get them. 
Yes, sir, Lightnin’, you’re getting the best of me. I ask you now, if it’s fair 
for a mule, the son of a jackass to swindle a man, the lord of all creation, the 
most intelligent of animals? You only help me plow and cultivate, and I must 
cut, shock and husk the corn while you hee-haw at me over the pasture fence. 
All year the whole family has to help, from grandma to the baby, to scratch 
enough money together to pay the taxes and the interest on the mortgage. You 
ornery old critter, I even have to worry about the mortgage on your tough, 
ungrateful hide. About the only time I’ve gotten anything on you is on election. 
I can vote and you cain’t. But after election day I realize right away I’ve been 
as big a jackass as your papa was. And then I begin to wonder if politics was 
made for men or jackasses—or just to make jackasses out of men. Honest, 
now Lightnin’, when you know all these things, how can you keep such a 
straight face, and look so dumb and innocent?’’ 
