8 HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 1949—Henry Field Seed & 




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Plant Bulbs in the Fall for Spring Beauty 
Take care in planting fall bulbs to see that they have every chance of success and 
play their full part in beautifying the garden. 
will show you the depth and distance apart to plant bulbs. 
The above Bulb Planting Depth Chart 
If the ground has been 
newly spaded, and is quite loose, the depths should be increased an inch or so to allow 
for setting, and because of the increased effect of frost heaving on newly turned soil. 
Also, late planted bulbs which have no opportunity to make roots before the soil 
freezes, may be set a little deeper to protect them from frost action. 
it’s Ioana Sweet Corn 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am sending you a 
picture of our daughter, Ann, age 15, 
taken in our corn patch. This corn was 
grown from your Ioana Sweet Corn seed. 
Your catalog states that the -average 
length is 8 inches, but many of ours 
measured 9% inches.’—Mrs. John Col- 
lins, Vicksbury, Michigan. 
SiSEMIe Right 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
Here is a picture of 
my three youngest 
daughters, Vada, 
Violet, and Chris- 
tine. As you can 
see, they are ready 
to plant those 
Field’s garden 
seeds we have just 
got out of the mail- 
box. I can truly say 
there is none bet- 
ter.”’—Mrs. Somie 
J. Dodds, Rt. 1, 
Caney, Oklahoma. 




New Chrysanthemums 
Have some new Chrysanthemums I 
want to tell you about. These listed 
here are among the newer varieties and 
have outshown hundreds of others in 
tests we’ve run here at the seedhouse. 
I know you'll like them. 
CHRIS COLUMBUS. BN18. Creates a 
sensation wherever shown. Is a large 
double white Pom-Pom with pale-lemon 
center. Fine for cut flowers. Grows 2% 
ft. tall. Really a beauty. 
ORIENTAL GLORY. BN17. 
in 1948. Very brilliant double Oriental 
red. Flowers 3 in. across with slightly 
pointed petals. Long stems. Plant nice- 
ly shaped. 
YELLOW AVALANCHE. BN28. One of 
the best yellows. Blossoms average 2% 
to 3 in. and are brilliant sulphur-yellow. 
Big, bushy plants that produce hundreds 
of flowers. 
OLIVE LONGLAND. BN41. Probably the 
finest "Mum produced by Dr. Krause of 
the USDA, Its huge, distinctive salmon- 
orange blooms measure 5 in. across. 
Folks always pick this as one of the best. 
VALIANT. BN338. If you want something 
gaudy; this is it. A medium-height plant 
with large, smooth petals of rose-scarlet, 
shading to a clear yellow center. 
tract much attention. 
All of the above varieties are usually 
listed in the catalog at between 50c and 
75c apiece, but I’m going to list them all 
now at only 49c each, or 3 for $1.29, post- | 
paid. A collection of one each of the 
above, BN415X, $2.19, postpaid. 
Mrs. Field’s Short Cure 
for Winter Meat 
1 gallon water 1 cup sugar 
2 lbs. Tenderquick Pepper to taste 
Make brine solution in the above pro- 
portions. Pack meat in jar or crock and 
cover the meat with the brine solution. 
Leave it in two days to two weeks, de- 
pending on size of pieces. When done, 
take it out, wipe dry and keep in dry, cool 
place until you eat it. If wanted for sum- 
mer use, hang it up and smoke it in the 
usual way or treat it with liquid smoke. 
This is good for all kinds of meat. 

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Receive Flowers on Golden 
Wedding 
“Dear Sir: Here is a picture of a large 
basket of yellow flowers presented to us 
on our 50th wedding anniversary by the 
Illinois Gladiolus Society. I bought my 
first dozen gladiolus bulbs from Henry 
Field’s in about 1925. Have been in the 
‘glad’ business since.’’—Mrs. J. W. Welch- 
len, LeRoy, Illinois. . 


Beautiful Canterbata Bells” 
“Dear Mr. Field: This is one of the big 
Canterbury Bells grown from your seed. 
It grew over 3 feet high, and bore 11 
separate stems and had hundreds of 
beautiful bells. Everyone marveled at 
it.’—Mrs. Ferne Reynolds, Rt. 4, Augus- . 
ta, Maine. 

Snowdrifts 20 Feet Deep 
“Dear Sir: Enclosed is a snapshot 
taken after the blizzard of Jan. 3, 1949. 
The Bull Pines you see were bought from 
you in 1933 and were only seedlings. 
They are now more than 20 feet tall. The 
drifts in the background were also 20 
feet deep.”’—Frank Vitatko, Dix, Nebras- 
ka. 
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