

Fi “Dear Mr. Field: 
niece, Betty Jo Storz, age 4, taken on 
_ Easter 1946. The Bridal Wreath was like 
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Hallowe’en Time 
‘Dear Mr. Field: These are my grand- 
children, Joe Godsy and Louise Bushears 
with their Jack-O-Lantern. The apple 
tree in the background, a Duchess I got 
from you, is sure grand. Have ordered 
seeds and nursery from you a long time 
and will be a customer of yours as long 
as I can plant a garden.’’—Mrs. Ernest 
J. Paxton, Rt. 1, Box 76, Wheatland, 
Missouri, 
Pleased with Everything 
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“Dear Sir: Have gotten your seeds for two 
years and are so pleased with everything. 
Sold plants from your seeds last year and 
the compliments we received on them as- 
sures us of a big sale this year. You send 
such generous measures. Our grapes, rasp- 
berries, chinese elms, ete., are all doing 
fine. Your popcorn sure has what it takes.” 
—Mrs. Glenn Hefley, 218 N. Welch,, Hillsboro, 
Illinois. — 
Clean up all old vegetable tops and 
destroy them. They often harbor insect 
pests. fr = 
_ Save autumn leaves for the compost. 
It is a waste of good fertilizer material 
to burn them. 



‘pie Growing Fine 
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“Dear Sir: My shrubs and flowering trees 
from you were grand. So different from the 
nursery stock here. They had such nice 
roots and are growing fine. I also had the 
finest garden you ever saw.”—Mrs. Mildred 
Cooper, Rt., Coos Bay, Oregon 
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Like a Bank of Snow 
is is my little 
a bank of snow. It is about 6 ft. high and 
came from your nursery.”—Mrs, C. V. 
Strawn, Asherville, Kansas, 
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Henry’s 
Mexican Chop Suey 
Cook one chicken separate or use equal 
amount of cold cooked chicken. Cook 
4% box spaghetti separately. Take bones 
out of chicken and cut in small pieces, 
add spaghetti previously cooked. 
Mushrooms (if available)—one small can 
eut fine. 
Onion—one medium size. 
Tomatoes—one cup. 
Chilli Sauce—three tablespoons—wsalt, pep- 
per, butter. Place in casserole or other 
baking dish. Sprinkle some _ cracker 
crumbs on top. Bake % to 1 hour. 
Finest Corn I Ever Raised 
eae a a a aa em 
‘Dear Henry: Well it is corn cutting time 
and I am proud to say I have the finest crop 
of corn in this area. I will give the praise 
to your Hybrid corn. It is the finest corn 
I ever raised.”’—Mrs. Mary Johnson, Rt. 1, 
Ewington, Ohio. 
Plant Trees Now 
Says Dept. of Agriculture 
The agriculture department in Wash- 
ington says that dust storms are on the 
way. We'll have them sooner or later if 
we. don’t do something about it. And 
tree planting must be done BEFORE the 
storms start, not after. Too much sod 
has been plowed. Too few soil conser- 
vation practices have been made. 
Best in 59 Years 
PER RE AOS aR ERI ESTE EEL A aS 
‘Dear Mr. Field: We ordered seven grape 
vines from ‘you and I am 59 and never before 
saw roots like on your vines.”—Mrs, M. I, 
Fay, Rt. 4, Edina, Missouri. 

we all want in our gardens. 
any grown in a greenhouse, 
it this fall and you’ll have blooms year in and year out. 
Just like what you pay $3 to $5 for at the florists. 
how free-flowering it is. 

An Easter Lily That Blooms Outdoors 
I’ve been wanting to offer you a hardy Easter Lily for 50 years. 
And here it is. 
And you can have it right in your own backyard. Plant 
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Does She Like Watermelon!! 
Mrs. Steve Payoo, Rt. 3, Berryville, 
Arkansas, sends in this picture of her 
little 14 mos. old daughter Susan Carrol. 
Mrs. Payoo says, ‘‘Don’t say she doesn’t 
like your watermelons.” Yes it looks like 
Susan was a lot more interested in that 
piece of melon than in having her pic- 
ture taken. 
H. F. Chicks Best Layers 
“Dear Mr. Field: Ordered 200 chickens 
from you last year and only lost 2 They 
are the best laying hens we have ever 
raised.”—D. B. Thompson, 819 N. Mulberry, 
Abilene, Kansas. ; 

Peat moss is a fine mulch for late 
planted perennials, shedding moisture 
well, and preventing heaving from thaw- 
ing and freezing. 





















It’s something 
A beauty as delicate and wonderful as 
It grows 216 to 8 ft. tall. 
You can see from, the picture 
Some of the boys in the seedhouse wanted me to get a big price for it. And most 
people would have paid it, too. 
day! 
all afford to have it. 
But I’m pricing it right in line with any of my other lilies. 
BAN-11—Price is 59c each; 2 for $1.00; 5 for $2.29, postpaid. 
And you'll thank me for bringing it to you, 
After all, you don’t find something so unusual every- 
This way we can 
