
10 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
Plant a Strawberry Patch 
This Spring 
There is no fruit in the world quite as 
_good as home grown strawberries—and 
none that’s easier to grow. They will 
grow anywhere and for any one. Wher- 
ever you are you can grow them, 
Plant good hardy varieties, mostly the 
regular June bearing kinds, but a few 
Everbearers too. Everbearers are nice 
and bear more or less all summer, and 
you should by all means have some. Give 
them plenty of water and fertility. 
In my own garden I plant mostly Bell- 
mar, Field Giant, and the new Boone- 
more, and I always have lots of berries, 
year after year, good year or bad year. 
How many to set?—Well it depends on 
the size of your garden and the size of 
your family and the size of your appetite 
and whether or not you have a home 
freezer. But better make it plenty. You 
never can get too many, for if you don’t 
want them all, they sell well. I’d say set 
anywhere from 100 to 300—-and more 
wouldn’t hurt. They will grow anywhere 
that corn or potatoes or onions will grow 
—hbut the richer the soil the better, and 
not too dry a place. They love moisture. 
Must have it in fair supply. See page 9 
in the big Henry Field catalog for detailed 
planting directions. 

And set some every year.—The useful 
life of a strawberry patch is only about 
3 years. The first crop (the next year 
after setting) is always the best. One 
year to grow, two years of heavy bearing; 
then plow it under in July and plant to 
peas or beans or something to rest the 
ground, then set to strawberries again 
next spring. Just keep rotating the strips 
that way, and you’ve always got lots of 
berries. And there’s nothing in the world 
better or more healthful—or more profit- 
able. 
Didn’t you pay 50c a quart last sum- 
mer? And not very good ones either. 
Well I picked 50 quarts off of a pateh 11 
ft. square, that was set originally with 
50 plants, and second crop at that. 
You could do it yourself just as easy. 
Better get busy. 
Henry Field. 

Ordering Again Next Year 
“Dear Mr. Field: The seeds we ordered 
from you early this spring are coming: up 
just fine. The plants are all sturdy. Pl 
certainly be sending you an order again 
mext year.’—Mrs. M. Ewan, Hancock, Wis- 
consin. 
USE FRUIT TREES FOR LAWN 
PLANTINGS 
Most everyone wants a nice looking 
yard. That’s why so many of you plant 
“ornamental” trees and shrubs and flow- 
ers.. I’m 100% for it. 
is just as 
Beauty for the soul 
important as food for the 
stomach, 
And a lot of people, particularly those 
that have crowded yards, plant a bush or 
tree that gives BOTH fruit and beauty. 
Like bush cherries, or the Dolgo or Hopa 
Crab, or that new dwarf Deleon apple. 
And there is nothing wrong with using 
the regular size fruit trees this way. 




IF: 
A Satisfied Customer 
“Dear Mr. Field: Have been a long 
time getting this picture of my garden 
to you. That is me in the corn patch, 
which was certainly wonderful. Back of 
me are the Hopi beans which sure did 
fine. Want more next year.’’—Mary 
Kelly, Pineville, Pennsylvania. 

Twins 
“Dear Mr. Field: I’m sending you a 
picture of our 18 mos. old grandsons, 
Darold and Duane Cooter. They are in 
front of some of your good Hybrid Sweet 
Corn. I have a red Hollyhock over 9 ft. 
high and still growing. Planted this from 
a free pkt. of seed you sent.”’ 
—Mrs. E. C. Cooter, Salem, Oregon. 

Getting something for nothing is like get- 
ting water out of a pump without working 
the handle, 
There isn’t any such animal. 

If You Lost Your Catalog 
If you have lost your big Henry Field 
spring catalog, or if the baby or the dog 
has chewed it up, let me know and I will 
send you another one right away. I want 
you to have one. 






FOR MARCH, 1949—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
On Easter 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
Here is a picture 
which we thought 
would be so nice 
for your Seed 
Sense. It is my 
granddaughter, 
Mary Kathleen 
Henders@m, stand- 
ing by one of your 
red Amaryllis on 
Easter morning. It 
was beautiful.’— 
Mrs. Emery Hen- 
derson, Herrick, 
Illinois. 



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An H.F. Booster 
“Dear Henry: I’m enclosing a picture 
of myself and a hill of Boysenberries. 
They were over 10 ft. tall and thornless. 
A very fine berry. Have some very fine 
Concord grapes, too. I say buy from 
Henry Field’s and you won’t regret it.” 
—J. W. Emery, Rt. 1, Wauzeka, Wiscon- 
sin. 


H.F. Chicks the Best 
“Dear Mr. Field: Have used your seeds 
and nursery stock for yrs. Have lived in 
California where the head lettuce comes 
to the store fresh with the dew but I 
never saw any to compare with what I 
raised from your Grand Rapids and Great. 
Lakes. Am sending you a picture of my- 
self and some of H. F. White Rock chick- 
ens. Best I ever raised.’-—Mrs. Pete M. 
Scott, Rt. 1, Charleston, Missouri. 
