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Outdoor Helper 
‘Dear Mr, Field: I am sending a pic- 
ture of my little girl, Wynona. She is a 
great outdoor girl and I am expecting a 
Jot of help from her in my garden this 
summer, This is my first order for your 
seed.’”? — Mrs. Ed Cook, Estella, Okla- 
homa. . 
3 Heads 7 Lbs. 
“Dear Sir: Want to tell you what fine head 
Jettuce I have had from your Great Lakes 
head lettuce. Had 3 heads that weighed 7 
Ibs."—Mrs. Mollie Robinson, Windsor, Mis- 
souri. 
Keep dusting or spraying potato vines 
to control leaf hoppers. A dust or spray 
of DDT is very effective. 

Enjoying the Harvest 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am sending you a 
picture of my baby brother, _Wayne, to 
use in your Seed Sense. He is probably 
eating Henry Field vegetables because 
that’s the kind we raise.”—Patricia Cor- 
nell, Rt. 2, Kuna, Idaho. 
At Punkin Gathering Time 
“Dear Henry: Here is a picture for 
your Seed Sense. It is Virginia Mae Dieter 
who lives in Walton, Florida. It was 
taken while she was visiting her grand- 
parents, Mr. & Mrs. HB. F. Dieter of Blue 
River, Wisconsin at pumpkin gathering 
time. She wanted her picture taken so 
she could show her friends in the South 
how big they got. These 2 were 20 inches 
through. Have used Field’s seeds since 
1935. Have many of your fruit trees set 
out, too. Thanks for every good seed or- 
der.’”’—R. W. Dieter, Rt. 2, Blue River, 
‘Wisconsin. 
Two Blazing Stars from 
Missouri 
Most of you folks probably know and 
you certainly ought to like these brilliant 
purple flowers. I grow two varieties in 
my Ozark Missouri gardens and like both 
of them. They are as hardy as rocks and 
grow most anywhere. They like it hot 
and dry and poor soil. 
LIATRIS or BLAZING STAR (Scari- 
osa)—BN168. That’s a pretty hard name 
so I call it the Tall Blazing Star. The 
tallest spike is sometimes 4 or 5 ft. tall. 
A bright purple fiower, all set together 
on the stems like a multitude of tiny pin 
cushions. Long grassy leaves. It blooms 
in mid-summer and lasts a long time. 
39c each; 2 for 65c; 3 for 89c, postpaid. 
LIATRIS or BLAZING STAR (Spicata) 
—BN169. I call this one the Short Blaz- 
ing Star. It grows about 2 ft. tall. Just 
like the preceding except is shorter. Just 
as hardy, just as nice looking. 39¢ each; 
2 for 65c; 3 for 89c, postpaid. 
PLANT UNITED BLENDS— 
Everybody knows what can happen 
to a corn crop in a hot dry spell, or 
other extreme weather condition. With 
pollen throwing only 3 or 4 days, too 
often the field is poorly fertilized. 
UNITED’S ‘All-Weather Blend,” sci- 
entifically made up of different hy- 
brids, prevents this by lengthening 
the pollen season to 20 to 25 days. 
Over a period of years, a blend will 
out produce any single hybrid. 
INSURE CROP—SAVE MONEY 
BLENDS IN 40, 50 & 60 SERIES 
ONLY 
Flats—$7.50 Bu. -:- Rounds—$5.95 Bu. 

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


Really Good 
“Dear Mr. Field: This is my son, 
Everett, in a patch of your Hybrid 
Stowell’s Evergreen Sweet Corn. Everett 
is 5 ft. 9 in. tall and you can see how 
much taller the corn is. Every stalk had 
2 or 3 ears. Really good corn.’’—Mrs. 
Bertha Stilwell, Simeon, Nebraska. 
Round Grade Hybrid 
Rounds are the best protection I know 
against early ‘spring troubles. You can 
almost guess this just by looking at them. 
With their seed coats ‘‘all around,’’ in- 
stead of just up the sides and at the top, 
they resist injurious soil conditions better 
than any other grade. Especially, they 
take bad spring weather—and even like 
it. And at the price I sell them you can 
buy a set of planter plates for the saving 
you make onthe first bushel. 
Visit Henry Field Stores 
You folks who liye near one of my 
stores should drop in and say “hello” to 
the boys. They will be glad to see you 
and glad to help you with your garden- 
ing and farming problems. My stores are 
all well stocked with GENUINE HENRY 
FIELD QUALITY. Have recently opened 
several new ones and hope it will enable 
us to be of better service to you. 
Here’s where they are and the mana- 
gers’ names: 
FORT DODGE, IOW A—517-19 Central 
Ave., Frank Edgerton, manager. 
STORM LAKE, IOW A—512 Erie, Har- 
old Stevens, manager. 
DES MOINES, IOWA—815 Locust St., 
Oran Herndon, manager. Nursery Store, 
3801 Douglas, Sim Carey, manager. 
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI—102 No. 3rd 
St., Ernest Alldredge, manager. 
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA—921 ‘‘O” St., 
C. W. Breckenfeld, manager. 
‘COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA—535 West 
Broadway, A. R. Hettinger, manager. 
PERRY, IOWA—1023 Railroad Street, 
Dick Crane, manager. 
MARYVILLE, MISSOURI—521 North 
Main, Orville Gray, manager. 
OMAHA, -NEBRASKA — 5124 South 
24th St., Adolph Hellbusch, manager. 
Nursery, 7110 Dodge St., D. W. Cronn, 
manager. 
BEATRICH, NEBRASKA—621 Court 
Street, James Stambrough, manager. 
ATLANTIC, IOW A—Highway 6, Har- 
old Ewing, manager. 
SHENANDOAH, IOWA — 407 Syea- 
more St., H. P. (Pate) Simmons, manager 
of retail store. 

