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EED SENSE 
‘Dear Mr. “Field: Just had to write you 
tell you how well we like your Little 
peas. They’ll outbear any kind. 
Here’s a picture taken last summer of our 
0 mos. old son, Ambrose, beside a basket 
ttle Marvels. Bought all our seeds 
you and think they are the best.” 
rs. Clement Efta, Humboldt, Iowa. | 

Orders More Peaches 
2 ae Henry: Thanks for the fall catalog. 
‘Here’s an order for some more of your fine 
Ordered 3 from you last spring 
M. 

ve never seen finer ones.’’—D,. 
a ugherty, R. 73, Branch, Missouri. 
“About Sunburning Onions 
' “Every once in a while someone writes 
-t0z e that their onion plants have devel- 


: "© oped big bulbs like they should but that 
“the bulbs are almost all out of the ground 
exposed to the sun. “Shall I pull 
sae 
‘se e dirt up around them?” they ask. 
roots are covered. 
Bethe answer is no. Onions do that natu- 
lly. As the bulb grows and expands 
fc the soil, it forces its way up out of 
the ground. That’s all right, just so the 
But onions will sun- 
burn if you pull them up and let them lie 
in the sun. So just as soon as you have 
pulled them, get them out of the sun. 
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pore _ Bug Dust Saves Garden 
Saab «Dear Mr. 
Field: Your Bug Dust is so 
effective we are sending for more. It is sav- 
ing our garden for us. Certainly have a 
wonderful garden from your seed. The 
Hybrid Bantam sweet corn is the best we 
ever ate. Have some Bermuda onions almost 

' year. 
as big as saucers.”—O. C. Heinz, 1246 N. 
Wyandotte, Dewey, Oklahoma. 
A Real Little Saleslady 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here is a snapshot of 
my sister and I as I was getting ready. 
to sell H. F. Seeds. I sure enjoyed sell- 
ing them and want to sell them again next 
Received 2 pr. of roller skates and 
2 dolls as premiums. You should see my 
mother’s garden grown from your seeds.”’ 
-—Cora Kopaska, Yo Alvin Kopaska, Rip- 
pey, Iowa. 





From Way Down South 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am enclosing a pic- 
ture of 2 of my grandsons, Danny Ross 
age 6 and Sammy Gilbert age 3, with one 
of the fine watermelons grown from your 
seed. They were really good melons.’’— 
Mrs. J. J. Johnson, Rt. 1, Fyffe, Alabama. 

Mrs. Field’s Spanish Corn 
(New England Succotash with a Mexican 
Accent) 
Being of New England heritage, we are 
very fond of Succotash, but when on a visit 
to Old Mexico, we found they had improved 
it by fixing it up with bacon, onions, etc. 
So we do it their way now. Here’s how: 
1 qt. fresh sweet corn, cut off. : 
cup shelled green beans, 
thisp. chopped onion. 
cup chopped sweet pepper (either green 
or red). 
slices (1% cup) chopped bacon. 
Seasoning to taste; we use as follows: 
1% tsp. salt. 
1% tsp. sausage seasoning. 
2 tsp. sugar. 
Add 1 qt. water, mix thoroughly and boil 
until done, say half an hour, maybe more. 
If canning for future use, boil for 10 min- 
utes, then pack in glass jars and process the 
same as for straight corn. We give it 75 
minutes at 10 lbs. in pressure cooker. 
DELCON—A True Dwarf Apple 
for Only $1.98 
This Delcon is so good I wish I had orig- 
inated it myself, which I didn’t. But I am 
proud that I recognized its value and put it 
on the market for you. So far as I know, I 
am the only nurseryman selling it. Another 
Henry Field first, in a way. 
It was originated by the Missouri State 
Experiment Station at.Mountain Grove, Mo. 
First they crossed Ben Davis by Jonathan, 
and got what they called Conard. Then, in 
1916, they crossed Conard with Delicious, 
and ‘got this Delcon, a true dwarf apple tree 
with drooping branches. 
Now there are some dwarf apple trees on 
the market done by multigrafting, which is 
a more expensive and quicker way to do it, 
but not better, and they have to sell for five 
or six dollars. Delcon is a single-graft, a 
true dwarf, a small tree with full-sized 
apples, and we sell it for only $1.98 postpaid. 
That’s more like it. Now here are some more 
things you ought to know about it: 
It is a small tree with drooping branches 
—easy picking and it takes little room. The 
fruit is fine grained, juicy, and has some of 
the flavor of both Delicious and Jonathan. 
It produces heavy at an early age and sel- 
dom needs thinning. It makes an apple for 
almost every bloom, ripens about ten days 
before Delicious, and keeps well in storage. 
The fruit is light- to dark-red with yellow 
under color, with a shape like Delicious 
without the knobs. 
You ought to plant it. No. AN22S8, 2 to 
4 ft. size, only $1.98, postpaid. 

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FOR MARCH, 1949—Henry Field ‘Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa eh oat hes 


An H.F. Wedding 
“Dear Mr. Field: Enclosed is our wed- 
ding snapshot and hope to get the rose 
you offer. Both our parents are H. F. cus- 
tomers. Hope you will put us on your 
mailing list.”,—Mr. and Mrs. Carl Handel, 
Rt. 1, Box 16, Savanna, Illinois. 
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Handel 
and a fine rose will be sent to you at the 
proper planting time.—H. F. 


Some 3 Lb. Onions 
“Dear Sir: Here is a snapshot of my 2 
grandchildren and myself, taken with 
some of the wonderful Sweet Spanish 
onions I raised from your plants. Had 
some that weighed-3 lbs. They were sure 
good onions.’’—Mrs. Edward Harold, 
Weskan, Kansas. 

Loves 
Flowers, 
Too 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
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ter, Donna Jean, 
taken in the yard 
by some of my 
lovely flowers. Al- 
though she is only 
old, she is 
really a flower 
lover. Enjoy your 
Seed Sense very 
much. Your seeds 
and plants are 
really fine.’’—Mrs. 
Elmer Miller, 715 
Moss St., Defiance, 
Ohio. 

