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


“Dear Henry: Our granddaughter 
Darlene, age 2, is showing you some beau- 
tiful Iris which was purchased from you. 
We have bought seeds from you for sev- 
eral years now. Must tell you about my 
pickles. I planted 13 hills of your ‘Na- 
tional Pickle.’ We only wanted a few 
for sweet pickles and slicers. We got 108 
qt. of pickles and sold 3 pk. and gave 
away lots of slicers. We will soon be 
ordering our seeds from Fields again.”’ 
—Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martin, Rt. 1, Dan- 
ville, Iowa. 
So Good He Reorders 
“Dear Mr. Field: Had such good luck with 
our Austrg Whites last year so decided to 
reorder some of the same.’’—Mrs. Chas. 
Schuldt, 2408 Magnolia St., Sioux City, Iowa. 
Nicest I Have Ever Bought 
My 150 Hawkeye pullets ar- 
rived in fine condition. Not a sick or dead 
one in the bunch and five extras. Nicest I 
have ever bought and doing fine.”’—Mrs. Roy 
Lanning, Sabetha, Kansas. 
Fastest Maturing 
“Dear Mr. Field: Your Hawkeye chickens 
are the fastest maturing chickens I ever 
raised.”—Ona Brown, Curryville, Missouri. 

“Dear - Sir: 

Ready for a Jaunt 
‘Dear Mr. Field: This is our daughter, 
Patsy, age 7 and her pony, Molly. Patsy 
really likes to ride. She bought the child’s 
garden seed packet and sure raised some 
fine radishes. They never did get pithy. 
All of the seeds did very well.’’—Mrs. R. 
C. Randles, Rt. 1, Rockwell, Texas. 

The “Honeysweet” Strawberry 
A New Hybrid Everbearer 
Do you remember the wild strawber- 
ries you used to pick when you were a 
kid? Of*»course, you do. And you have 
never since been able to find any straw- 
berry so sweet and so fragrant and set so 
thick on the vines. Of course, they were 
small and lasted only a short time but 
they were so good. 
Well, someone got the bright idea of 
crossing or hybridizing them with some 
big, modern everbearing strawberry like 
the 1166 with the idea of getting a hybrid 
with the wonderful flavor and fragrance 
of the wild berry and the large size and 
everbearing habit of the other parent— 
and he almost succeeded, too. 

The new “half wild” everbearer, “Honey- 
Sweet.” Smali—but, oh! so sweet. 
The hybrid he got has all the sweet- 
ness and fragrance of the wild berry the 
same vigorous growth and hardiness and 
the same prolific blooming and bearing— 
and everbearing. In fact, the ‘‘everbear- 
ingest” berry I ever saw. Blooms and 
bears all summer, the first summer and 
right on. 
But he was disappointed in the size. 
Bigger than a wild berry but not the big 
berry he hoped for. They are up to an 
inch in diameter, no larger, but real lit- 
tle nuggets of honey. Hardy as _ blue- 
grass, loaded with bloom, and fruit, the 
most delicious you ever ate, but small. 
Really I think they are worth having, 
and I have grown quite a block of them. 
Visitors to my patch say they are the 
best berry I have, even if they are small. 
And they are sure everbearers. I think 
you would like them. They are hardy and 
will grow anywhere. I have a good crop 
of plants and while they last will fill or- 
ders at doz. $1.00; 25 for $1.50; 50 for 
$2.50; 100 for $4.75, postpaid. Ask for 
No. BN714. 
DOLLAR DIVIDEND SALE” 
100 Straight-Run for $1.00 
(White Rocks and Leghorns only) 
HERE’S THE DEAL—With each order for 100 Extra- 
Select grade White Rock Pullets and 100 Extra Select 

Their First Experience 

‘Dear Sir: Here is a picture of my 
granddaughter, great-granddaughter and 
myself. They live in Denver, Colorado, 
but this was taken while they were visit- 
ing us this summer. The black haired one 
is my great-granddaughter age 4 and the 
one milking the goat is my granddaugh- 
ter. Neither had ever petted a goat be- 
fore. The goat was not used to children 
and we sure had a lot of fun. We have 
been reading your Seed Sense and using 
your seeds and plants for years and are 
always satisfied.”,—Mr. George H. Craner, 
Moline, Kansas. 
Field’s Chicks for Me 
“Dear Henry: Received the baby chicks 
on April 10th. Raised 97 out of 100. Had 
fries the Ist day of June, Field’s chicks for 
me.”—Earl Smith, Box 192, Buena Vista, 
Colorado. 
They Are Best 
“Dear Mr. Field: Have raised lots of your 
chickens and think they are the best.“— 
Audy Williams, Rt. 2, Box 118, Ardmore, 
Oklahoma. 
The Best 
“Dear Mr. Field: The 800 White Rock 
Chicks I got from you were the best chicks 
I ever had.”—Mrs. Avery Haynes, Rt. 1, Ar- 
lington, Nebraska. 
Golden Text 
“One generation passeth away, and an- 
other generation cometh—but the earth 
abideth forever.”—(Ecce. 1-4) 




Grade White Rock Cockerels (200 chicks in all), we will 
sell you 100 high quality straight run White Rocks for 
$1.00. A total of 300 White Rocks for only $30.20 prepaid 
—100% live arrival guaranteed! 
$ P.S. Will do the same on Leghorns for $30.90. 





