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Picking Grandpa’s Apples 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am sending you a 
picture, of our granddaughter, Carol 
Cline, age 1 yr., trying to pick an apple 
from one of the trees we purchased from 
you. Itis an Anoka and we picked a box 
and a half from the tree planted three yrs. 
ago.”’—F.. L. Cline, Box 253, Prairie City, 
Oregon. 
Anybody Can Grow These 
Best perennial offer I ever made was 
on the envelope of my catalog last spring. 
You’ll remember it. I called it my 
“GREEN THUMB” Collection, because it 
was made up of hardy perennials that: 
never fail. All you have to do is plant 
them, almost anywhere, and they’ll grow 
for you and bloom and bloom. Here’s 
what I offered: 1 Hardy Carnation (like 
a greenhouse flower), 1. Long Spurred 
Columbine, 1 Tall, Stately Delphinium, 
1 easy-to-grow Pink Cushion Mum, and 
I Rosy Veit Baby’s Breath. Am offering 
them again this fall. All five plants— 
big healthy ones, too—for only $1.00 
postpaid: Send for No. BN-430X. 
Fall Best Time to Plant 
Lawns. 
Mid-August through September is now 
considered. the best time of year to plant 
a new lawn or remake bare spots in old 
lawns. The one great advantage of fall 
‘lawn planting is that seed can be ger- 
minated at a period when weed seeds lie 
dormant. The cool nights and ample 
moisture of fall gives the lawn a chance 
to get well started. By spring of the 
following year, the lawn will be so heavy 
that weeds will find it impossible to grow. 
Follow the following three easy steps 
. to making a perfect lawn: (1) Spade 
deeply to a depth of 6 ins. and thor- 
oughly pulverize the soil. (2) Apply a 
good commercial plant food at the rate 
of 4 lbs. per 100 sq. ft., or sheepolizer at 
the rate of 8 lbs. per 100 sq. ft. (3) Use 
only a good lawn seed mixture. We 
recommend our Evergreen Lawn Mixture 
made up mostly of high germinating 
Kentucky Bluegrass with a little White 
Dutch clover, plus a small amount of Rye 
Grass and Red Top as a nurse crop. Do 
not plant a lawn mixture containing 
Timothy. It is not a permanent lawn 
grass mixture. Plant 1 lb. of seed to each 
200 sq. ft. of lawn for a new lawn. 
Reseed an old lawn at the rate of 1 lb. to 
each 400 sq. ft. Always roll a new lawn. 
The Latest in Peonies 
Peonies have been scarce for the last 
2 yrs. Haven’t had enough to go around. 
This year I think I’ve got enough, but 
more than that, I’ve some new varieties 
that you’ve been looking for. They are 
really beauties. Read the 3 Sa Le 
for yourself. 
Lots of Corn—_Not All Stalks 
“Dear Sir: Received my seed corn and it’s 
as fine ‘a seed as I ever looked at. Hope my 
crop will be as good as last year. I cannot 
praise Field seed enough. I tell my friends 
to plant your corn if they want corn and not 
stalks.”—James Johnson, P.O. Box 112, Atco, 
New Jersey. 

New LOW Prices 
Want all of you to take a special 
look at my Bluegrass and Lawn Seed 
prices on page 23. Some of them are 
50% below last spring. Harvested my 
own seed this year and can pass on 
this savings to you, as I always try, 
to do. No better seed ANYWHERE. 
This is) THE BEST.—H. F. 

My Nursery Guarantee 
My uursery stock is all state inspected, 
of the heaviest quality, free from disease, 
and first-class in every way or I don’t 
send it out. That’s why I can guarantee 
it. I also guarantee my stock to be 
absolutely true to name. If it proves 
otherwise, you can have your choice of 
replacement free or a full refund on the 
entire purchase price. 
If you are not pleased in every way 
with my nursery stock when you receive’ 
it, return it promptly at my expense and 
I will replace it at once or refund your 
money, as you prefer. I guarantee it to 
reach you in first-class live, growing con- 
dition. After you have planted it, if it 
fails to grow, I think we ought to divide 
up on the blame. I’ll take one-half and 
you and the weather take the other, and 
T’ll replace at half price anything un-* 
satisfactory through any’ fault of the 
stock. Fair enough? 

A Satisfied Customer 
“Dear Mr. Field: I have really had 
some good luck with your corn. It reall 
yields. This shows myself in the field. 
This particular part of the field made 
80 bu. per acre. <A very satisfied custom- 
er.’?’ — Donald L. Page, Rt. 1,. Slater, 
Missouri. 
HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR FALL, 1947—-Henry Field Seed-& Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 

A Real Harvest 
From H.F. Seeds 
“Dear Mr. Field: I cannot say enough 
for your garden seeds. I ordered $1.60 
worth of your seed last year and raised 
enough for myself and 3 children that 
are married and live in the city. The 
four of us canned over 800 qts. and I sold 
$20.00 worth of vegetables and also gave 
some away. Am enclosing a picture of 
myself in my okra and garden.’—Mrs. 
George Mize, Rt. 6, Cullman, Alabama. 
Visit the 
- Henry Field Stores 
Se ee ee eee 
ATLANTIC, 1OW A—East 7th Street, Har— 
old Ewing, manager. 
FORT DODGE, I0WA—517-19 Central 
Ave., Frank Edgerton, manager. 
STORM LAKE, I0OWA—512 Erie, Harold 
Stevens, manager. 
DES MOINES,: IOWA—S815 Locust, Oren 
Herndon, manager. Nursery Store, 3801 
Douglas, Sim Carey, manager. 
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI—102 N. 3rd St. 
Ernest Alldredge, manager. 
LINCOLN, NEBRASK A— 921 0 St., C. W. 
Brekenfield, manager. 
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA—535 W. Broad-=- 
way, A. R. Hettinger, manager. 
PERRY, 1IOWA—1023 Railroad Ave., Dick 
Crane, manager, 
MARYVILLE, MISSOURI—521 N. Main, 
Orville Gray, manager. 
OMAHA, NEBRASKA — Nursery, 7110 
Dodge St., D. Cronn, manager, 
BEATRICE, NEBRASKA 621 Court St., 
Jim Stanbrough, manager, 
SHENANDOAH, I0WA—407 Sycamore St., 
H. P. (Pate) Simmons, MARAKEE. of retail 
Store. 
Why Fall Planting Is Best 
Fall planting is every year becoming 
more popular and most as popular as 
spring planting. Now experiment stations 
all over the country are recommending 
planting in the fall, more and more folks 
are setting out what they want at BOTH 
seasons of the year. Fall has these advan- 
tages over spring planting. 
1. Plants have 6 months’ head start to 
become established. THE ROOTS WILL 
GROW ALL SIX MONTHS. 
2. Fall planted stock gets well estab- 
lished to stand the first hot, dry summer 
and have better chances of living through. 
°3. Fall planted plants BLOOM THE 
FIRST SPRING, where some wouldn’t if 
planted in the spring. 
4, Usually, most folks are busy in the 
spring and don’t get time to set stuff in 
their gardens that they should. In the 
fall, mostly they have the time, 
Now, if those reasons don’t make a 
believer, of you, all I ask you to do it try 
a few plants this fall and see how much a 
success you have.—H. F, 
