
16 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1948—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., 

Oh Boy! 

“Dear Sir: I had 1 pkt. of your Sugar 
Lumps and from that pkt. I raised 2 
large wheelbarrows of melons, good size 
and were they good. Oh Boy! This is my 
little niece Lillian Boliver and a neighbor 
boy, Bobby Lucies, enjoying some melon.” 
—Mrs. Annie Vein, 422 So. Quinsey Ave- 
nue, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. © 
When do I plant it? 
Some things you plant very early, the 
earlier the better. This includes: rad- 
ishes, lettuce, onions, peas, beets, carrots, 
potatoes and cabbage. (Plants, sets or 
seeds.) Get them in early. Then when 
the ground gets warm, say when the 
farmers start to plant corn, plant the 
beans, sweetcorn, tomatoes, cucumbers, 
okra, late cabbage, and southern field 
peas. Lots of things can be planted fol- 
lowing the early stuff—what we eall 
double cropping—use the ground two or 
three times in one season. Plant late 
turnips about Aug. Ist, following early 
potatoes. Plant Chinese Cabbage then, 
too, 
Her First Letter 
“Dear Sir: Have been a customer of yours 
the past 3’ years but have never written 
you of any of the results. The. Bluemist 
Spirea is certainly a gorgeous plant. It has 
been blooming all summer and still is, Its 
first year, too, and I moved it twice to its 
now permanent position.”—Mrs,. C, A. Waltz, 
928 High St., Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 
2 Canna Offers 
There’s nothing makes a brighter spot 
in your garden than a canna bed. Here 
are 2 fine offers you can’t go wrong on. 
7 Foot Bed 
ABG38XS—A seven foot canna bed. 8 
medium tall for center, 12 shorter ones 
for outside. Both varieties labeled, so 
you know how to set them, 20 cannas 
postpaid for $2.19. 
5 Foot Bed 
ABG39XS—A five foot canna bed, in- 
cluding 3 tall ones for center, 9 shorter 
ones for outside. 12 cannas postpaid for 
$1.29. 

Don’t Let Nursery Dry Out 
Don’t delay planting nursery stock, and 
especially don’t let it stand around in a 
hot, dry place. It should get into the 
ground as soon as possible. We will ship 
you stock in perfect condition for plant- 
ing, but we cannot guarantee that it will 
remain so unless you cooperate. If you 
have to hold off planting, heel the stock 
in the ground where the roots and part 
of the trunk will be protected with moist 
earth. Never expose roots to the sun or 
air for any great length of time. 
About Shipping : 
Every year there are a few customers 
who write in saying that some of their 
nursery order is missing. Sometimes, of 
course, we make a mistake, but not often. 
What usually happens is that an order is 
split up according to when it should be 
planted. We fill your orders when our 
stock is in—best condition and at the 
proper planting time. Garden seeds and 
non-perishable goods are always shipped 
immediately. Perennials, Vegetable 
Plants, _House, Plants, Evergreens, Pan- 
sies, Wild Flowers, Strawberries and 
Bulbs come in separate packages even 
when sent the same day. Some plants 
and nursery stock are shipped in sepa- 
rate packages, so you may receive sey- 
eral shipments on one order. Heavy 
seeds are shipped by freight. So look 
over the papers in your order very care- 
fully. They’ll tell you all about it. You 
ean always depend on Henry Field to 
send good stock, on time, and at a fair 
price. 
Likes Roses in Natural Color 
‘Dear Mr. Field: Received your new ’48 
eatalog and must say it’s wonderful. Your 
color pages of flowers, especially your 
roses, are out of this world. Have never 
seen a2 variety of roses as beautiful in color 
as yours. Believe you have the world’s 
most beautiful roses, too.’—Mrs, Julia 
Buhr, Washington, Missouri, 
Radio Hymnals Ready 
We finally. have an edition of 10,000 
radio hymnals. This is the best loved 
hymn book on the market—the only one 
containing almost alltof the good old Gos- 
pel Hymns in one volume—hundreds of 
them. Price, No. 4034, Cloth bound, 
$1.25; No. 4035, flexible back 85e, all 
Postpaid. Order now. Write for special 

low prices on lots of 25 or more. to 
Churches and Sunday schools. 
H. FF. 

* From 
“MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE” 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Shenandoah, lowa 
‘THIS SEED SENSE 
FOR: 
Postmaster: Where practicable, when catalog is a 
DUPLICATE, return to sender. 
Catalog same as 

Postmaster: If not delivered in 10 days, please check 
reason in spaces below. Return postage guaranteed. 
[1 DUPLICATE []) Moved—Left no address 
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A Dish Pan Full 
eR SEES RATE EATS? ‘ 
_ Dear Mr. Field: Here is a picture of 
my son, Gene, age 4 holding ‘a dish pan 
containing a head of lettuce which was 
grown from some seed ordered from you. — 
Gene’s brother, age 10, is looking on. 
Hope to see this in your spring Seed 
Sense.”’—Mrs. H. E. Satterfield, Box 146, 
Beedeville, Arkansas, 
Mrs. Satterfield didn’t say what kind of 
lettuce it was but it looks like a mighty 
fine head of lettuce and almost more than — 
Gene can handle.—H.F. 
Send WooltoHF. 

The wool season is here and of course 
you want to send yours to Henry Field. 
Fair. treatment and giving the customer 
the benefit of the doubt is true in our 
Wool Dept. like everywhere else at Henry 
Field’s. And we pay top prices at all 
times. 
We’ll quote you prices throughout the ~ 
wool season if you’ll write us for them. — 
Ship wool by railroad freight and mail us 
Bill of Lading when you ship. Our check 
will come back by return mail. } 
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