
2 Sets of Twins! 
These two sets of twins are the chil- 
dren of Mr. & Mrs. Horace Masden, Route 
3, Lawrence, Kansas. The older ones, Pat 
and Billy, are 19 months old, and the 
younger ones, Mickey and Shilly, are 4 
months old. 
The picture was sent to us by the chil- 
dren’s grandmother, Mrs. R. F. Hazel- 
wood of Wentworth, Mo. 




A 4-H Gardener 
JE RG ok Skt mak its 2 
“Dear Mr. Field: This isa picture of my 
1948 garden, taken before the garden was 
very big. You can’t see my tomatoes but 
we gave them and cucumbers away by the 

bucketsful. I came out second in our 4-H 
contest with your seeds. I also plan to 
sell your seeds this year.’’—Marian Seele, 
Rt. 6, Lawrence, Kans. 
Ashes of wood, soft coal and hard coal 
are all valuable to leosen heavy clay soil, 
but it is best to let soft coal ashes weather 
for a season, to get rid of texie substances, 
It’s a Guinea Bean 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
This is a picture of 
My niece by a 
Guinea bean vine 
which covered five 
panels of the gar- 
den fence. We are 
very fond of Guinea 
beans. We also had 
the ‘‘all season’’ 
sweet corn mixture 
last year and like 
it so well we are 
going to use it 
again this year. 
We always use 
Field’s seeds.”’— 
Mrs. R. C. Baker, 
Benton City, Mo, 





Payment in Nursery 
Sometimes you customers send in or- 
ders that include. some express collect 
and some postpaid items. When these 
two go out together, which sometimes: 
happens, in the same package you have 
to pay charges on the items which should 
have been postpaid. Of course, this isn’t 
fair, so to make up for this extra charge 
to the customer I.always try to send 
along some extra nursery stock which 
more than makes up for postage charges. 
This way, you get a good bargain. 

Finest Tomato 

“Dear Mr. Wield: We were so pleased with 
the Red Bird tomatoes last summer. They 
really are the finest early tomato we've 
ever planted.”—Mr. & Mrs. G. E. Barrow, 
New Bloomfield, Missouri. 
I’m Still Trying to Keep My 
Prices Down 
I’ve always preached that one way to 
beat the high price of groceries is to grow 
more of your own. To help you, I’ve done 
everything I could to keep down the prices 
on my seed and plants and trees and bulbs 
and things. It has been a tough fight this 
year because of the inereased parcel post 
charges, and most of the time I pay that, 
you know. 
All in all I am proud of the job I’ve 
done. Had to go up a little on some 
things (not many), held the line on some, 
and have actually gone down on others. 
I’ve kept prices down pretty well and I 
think you appreciate it. 

Swiss chard should be harvested when the 
leaves are ten inches tall. They lose quality 
when allowed to grow taller. 

Now a Midget Watermelon : 
Just want to remind you of that new, 
improved midget watermelon I show on 
the front cover of my 1949 catalog. Don’t 
miss ordering it. It has a rich, crispy red 
flesh and small seeds and very thin rind. 
Only about 7 or 8 inches across when ripe, 
so fits in the refrigerator easy. Just 
enough for one or two people. Seed is 
scarce, so order early. No. 711-S. 25c 
pkt., postpaid. : 
From 
“MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE” 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Shenandoah, lowa 




THIS SEED SENSE 
FOR: 
Where practicable, when catalog is a 
return to sender. 
Postmaster: 
DUPLICATE, 
Catalog same as 

Postmaster: If not delivered in 10 days, please check 
reason in spaces below. Return postage guaranteed, 
CL) DUPLICATE (0 Moved—Left no address 
L) No Such Address ( Unclaimed or unknown 



Prize Winning Pumpkins _ 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here’s my brother 
Jack and I with some of your jumbo > 
pumpkins, We won 1st and 2nd prize on 
them at our 4-H fair for being the largest 
ones there. We won 5 blue ribbons, 5 reds 
and 1 white one on our garden exhibits. 
We bought your seeds and are ordering 
them again this year.’—Neal Hamilton, 
Cassoday, Kansas. 

Plant Your Garden Early _ 
LY 4 ~ 
Personally I always start gardening 
just as soon as possible in the spring. 
That way if the frost gets some of my 
stuff, I’ve still got time to replant. — 
Then too, like I told you on the front 
page, a lot of early vegetables can be fol- 
lowed by later ones in the same spot. 
And, of course, the sooner you get your 
garden started, the sooner you can cut — 
down on that grocery bill. Sie 

I'LL BUY YOUR WOOL 
Vill buy your wool and sheep pelts too. ; 
Just send them in to Henry Field, Shen- 
andoah, lowa, and I’ll give you the benefit } 
of the doubt all the way through. 
Couldn’t afford to do anything else with 
my own customers, could I? But -that’s 
my policy, buying or selling. : 
Ship by. railroad freight and mail us f 
Bill of Lading when you ship. Our check 
will come back te you by return mail. | 
And we will quote you prices throughout 
the wool season if you write and ask us. | 

















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