
First Picking 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here is a picture of 
my 2 grandsons, Ralph and Jackie Parker, 
and the first picking of my Belmar straw- 
berries. There was 16 gal. in this picking. 
I got the plants from you several yrs. 
ago. The second picking was 18 gal. and 
the third picking 34 gal. They were cer- 
tainly wonderful berries.’’—Mrs. Harve 
Parker, Rt. 2, Box 54, Bosworth, Missouri. 

Bears Walnuts First Year 

“Dear Mr. Field: We noted in your cat- 
alog the writeup on Thomas Black Walnuts 
stated that they would frequently bear the 
first year. We semewhat doubted this, so 
ordered one. Not only has this tree grown 
3 ft.. had 7 walnuts, but 3 of these have 
grown to maturity and will ripen. No more 
doubts about what your nursery stock will 
do.’——-G. M. Williams, 1721-M Box 536, Wood- 
ward, Oklahoma. 

Beautiful Zinnias 
“Dear Mr. Field: Certainly like your 
seeds and always have good luck with 
them. You should see our garden. Your 
climbing cucumbers are the best I ever 
saw. My. son, Troy, and I are flower 
lovers. We were really proud of our big, 
beautiful zinnias this year, so here is a 
picture otf Troy holding a big bunch of 
them.’’—Mrs, Retha Patterson, Rt. 3, 
Box 639, Tulare, California. 



A Picture for Grandma 
Mrs. N. H. Stapleton, 1336 F St., Lewis- 
ton, Idaho, sends this picture of her 
grandchildren, George Henry, age 2, and 
Caroline Jo Ann, age 3. Mrs. Stapleton 
says, “I saw a good mate to this in your 
1947 catalog. Sent my first seed order to 
you in 1914.’’ 

You're not as busy as.you think you are. 
Take some time off to 
yourself. 
sit back and enjoy 
You'll like it. 

Plenty of Plums 
“Dear Mr. Field: As I*am ordering 
some of your wonderful Red Head tomato 
seed, thought I would send you a picture 
of myself and 2 smallest children. This 
was taken when the plums were just 
ripening. This is one of your trees set 
out 38 yrs. ago. The plums were large 
and delicious.’’—Mrs. Willis F. Reed, Rt. 
2, Conway, Missouri. 

Sweet Corn for Your Freezer 
Next to strawberries, the food Mrs. 
Field and I like best from our freezer is 
sweet corn. Here is how we fix it. Pick 
only best ears; well matured but not 
hard. .Shuck, silk and drop into boiling 
water for about three minutes, then drop 
into cold water. Cut the kernels from the 
cob and pack in regular locker packages 
or glass jars and put in the freezer. [If 
you want corn on the cob, wrap 3 or 6 to- 
gether in cellophane and freeze them that 
way. 
When you take the corn out of the 
freezer to eat, don’t cook it too much. 
About 2 minutes in boiling water is 
enough. ‘ 
Here are our favorites, made into a 
Special Freezer Offer: 
No. 180XS. 46 lb. each of Golden Cross 
Bantam Hybrid, Ioana Hybrid and Hybrid 
Stowell’s Evergreen for 89c postpaid. Or 
1 full pound of each, Offer No. 185XS, 
$1.49 postpaid. 




Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 

Good Luck with All 
“Dear Mr. Field: This is our 15 yr. old 
daughter, Minnie Louise, standing by 
some of my dahlias and holding some of 
my tomatoes. They were the orange 
slicers and so good. Had good luck with 
all our seed. The dahlias were beauti- 
ful.’’—Mrs. Linwood Young, Rt. 1, Horse 
Shoe, North Carolina. 


Grows Her Own 

“Dear Henry: Here is a picture of my- 
self and some of the vegetables we raised 
from your seeds. Had a very large gar- 
den. Those Butternut squash go like hot 
cakes.’’—Mr. & Mrs. Hamlyn, Rt. 3, Box 
238B, Littleton, Colorado. 
Thanks for Anniversary Rose 
“Dear Mr. Field: 

Many thanks for the 
beautiful Henrietta rose bush you sent us 
for our 50th wedding anniversary. It has 
frown weil and bioomed beautifully several 
times. We sent for a ecoilection of your 
Floribunda roses last spring and they have 
all grown and bioomed.”—Mrs. J. E. Stout, 
Cettonwood Falls, Kansas. 

Success comes in cans—failures in can’ts! 

Some Squash! 
“Dear Mr. Field: On the left is our 
son, Terry, and his cousin, David, beside- 
a 32 lb. squash we: grew this year. Of 
course, it was from your seed. In our 3 
yrs. of married life we have planted your 
seeds and always with good luck.”’—Mr. 
& Mrs. Wm. Peterson, Palmyra, Nebraska. 
