HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1950—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 9 

A Bargain on Dahlias 
Most everyone likes colorful dahlias. 
-Won’t be long now ’til it’s time to plant, 
either. 
Always one of our most popular 
_ sellers is our Rainbow Dahlia Collection. 
a. 
It’s made up of a mixture of all types of 
big, healthy, guaranteed-to-bloom bulbs. 
_ Seems as though bread and jam never 
come out even and it’s the same way with 
some of our bulbs. Every year we always 
have a little too many of some so we mix 
these bulbs and call them our Rainbow 
_ Dahlia Collection. 
_ get No. 1 bulbs and all colors, too. 
_ get a lot for your money. Order now for 
It’s a real buy as you 
Really 
_ beautiful, colorful dahlias next summer. 
No. BG187XS. Collection of 4 bulbs, 98c; 
8 bulbs, $1.75, postpaid. 
Extra Payment in Nursery 
In filling orders to customers we some- 
times send postage free items along with 
others that go express collect. When this 
happens the customer has to pay express 
charges on the whole shipment. Naturally 
this isn’t fair, but to make it right and 
rather than put up two separate packages, 
we always put in a little extra nursery 
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stock. This more than makes up for the 
additional postage charges. Seems like a 
good deal to us because you really get a 
bargain out of it. 

Loves Flowers 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here’s a picture of 
our 8-year-old son in the flowers we grew 
last summer, 
He loves flowers. We've 
used your seeds for some time and think 
they are the best.’”—Sharon L. Landis, 
_ Champaign, Illinois. 
Sparrow-Proof Martin House 
We have just a few sparrow-proof mar- 
tin houses left and for those of you who 
want a bargain, here is one. Most martin 
houses sell for $15 to $20 or more, but 
we are selling the few we have for only 
$7.95, postpaid. They are 25” high, 8%” 
wide and 9” deep. Made of Ponderosa 
Pine and are unfinished because martins 
seem to prefer natural wood. Have three 
compartments, a hinged ledge that can be 
raised to keep out sparrows until martins 
come, and a removable back for easy 
cleaning. Shipped unassembled with nec- 
essary hardware, complete instructions, 
and some interesting facts about martins. 
No. 4048S, only $7.95, postpaid. 

the reds. 

Trying to Fly? 
Mrs. Rosetta Earls of Waldron, Ark., 
said this cute picture was a snapshot of 
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her two-year old granddaughter, Joan 
Smith, trying to keep cool last summer, 
but to us it looks like little granddaugh- 
ter is just plain trying to fly. 
At Last—A Backyard Size 
Pumpkin 
Here is what a lot of you probably have 
been waiting for—a pumpkin suitable for 
backyard and small garden planting. The 
Cheyenne Bush Pumpkin is the only true 
bush pumpkin in standard use and is ideal 
for use where space is limited. An early 
maturing variety, the flesh is sweet and 
fine-grained with no trace of stringiness. 
The pumpkins of the Cheyenne Bush are 
similar to Small Sugar but are a little 
smaller in size and a russet-orange color. 
The flesh is a deep golden and we want to 
repeat, very sweet. 3 to 5 pumpkins are 
borne per plant and these can be stored 
for many months. There’s not a better 
pie pumpkin on the market than the 
Cheyenne Bush Pumpkin. No. 7658S. Pkt. 
15c; oz. 25c; 44 Ib. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.10, post- 
paid. 
WE’LL BUY YOUR WOOL 
Send us or bring us your wool; your 
sheep pelts, too. Just send them to 
Henry Field’s, Shenandoah, Iowa, and 
we'll give you top market prices. That’s 
always been our policy—whether we’re 
buying or selling. 
Ship by freight and mail us Bill of 
Lading when you ship. Our check will 
come by return mail. If you like, we 
will quote you prices on wool through 
the season. Just write and ask. 
Now that we’ve committed the Golden 
Rule to memory, let’s commit it to life. 
New Red Crape Myrtle— 
Wm. Toovey 
Here is a real treat for you folks from 
southern Missouri southward. We think 
Crape Myrtle is one of the most beautiful 
of all shrubs anyway and this variety, 
Wm. Toovey, is a great improvement on 
the regular kind. Doesn’t grow as tall and 
stragely as ordinary Crape Myrtle, but has 
a neat and compact habit. Produces a 
solid mass of beautiful deep, watermelon- 
red flowers on large heads. Is a very 
prolific bloomer and is by far the best of 
This variety is not commonly 
listed as the stock is very scarce. You 
folks who can grow Crape Myrtle have 
never seen Crape Myrtle at its best until 
you have seen this variety. No. A1420S. 
‘Price: 79c each, postpaid. 
| TIPS FROM IRVING STEURER | 
Our Garden Seed Man : 
This is the year to plant a big garden. 
Your garden spot will pay you more re- 
turns than any other spot on the farm. 
Try the Hybrid Cucumber (front cover of 
our Spring Catalog). We have an even 
better one for next year. Our Surecrop Hy- 
brid was awarded an All-America Bronze 
Medal. We'll tell you more about it later. 
Henry Field’s Bug Dust saves a lot of 
gardens and we think our new Combina- 
tion Fruit Spray will do even more for ube 
back yard fruit grower. 
How about a garden cultivator? Or are 
you still using the same kind of a hoe the 
Egyptians used 4000 years ago? Our high 
wheel cultivator will do ten times as much— 
ten times as easy. That multiplies fast. 
Ever raise Purple Podded Beans? Try 
some (Page 5 of Spring Catalog). They 
cook a beautiful dark green. Wonderful 
flavor, too. 
Dahlias—as easy to grow as corn. Give 
them same care. Plant tubers 4 in. deep after 
soil is well warmed up. Tie large flowering 
kinds to stakes. The Autumn Glories (on 
front cover) are as large as dinner plates— 
BG199XS8. One each all three for $1.69. If 
you want all different, buy the Rainbow 
Dahlias. No. BG1I87XS. 4 for 98e; 8 for $1.75, 
postpaid. 
Plant Gladiolus every 10 days from 
early spring to mid-summer. You’ll have 
lots of flowers summer thru fall. Page 31 
in Spring Catalog. Our ‘‘Twenty Grand” 
collection for $1.00 postpaid, No. BG- 
382XS, gives you a lot more for the 
money. 
Ever try the Guinea Bean? It’s really a 
gourd. Pick when fruits are 6 to 8 inches 
long. Slice—roll in egg and cracker. Fry 
golden brown. You’ll like them—No. 2228; 
PKt. 10c; oz. 17c. 
Have you tried Dwarf Morning Glory— 
Royal Ensign? Fine for border or pot 
plants. Grows about 12 inches tall—bright 
blue. No. 1145S Pkt. 20c. 
You can’t beat our two new beans—Chero- 
kee Wax and Topcrop Green. Both recent 
introductions by U.S.D.A. Toperop was an 
All-American. Both are tops for disease re- 
sistance, yield and quality. No. 125XS8. % Ib. 
each for 60c, postpaid. 
We forgot to list Tobacco seed in cata- 
log. Yes, we have it—-No. 238S White 
Burley. 10c per-pkt. Oz. 35c, postpaid. 
All Henry Field Lawn Seed is Hormone 
Treated. Better Germination. Faster 
growth. 
Ed. Note: Look on page 6 for picture of 
“Stu” and Mrs. Field taken while broadcast- 
ing the Letter Basket radio program—12:30 
Noon over KENF. 
Standing Unger Ze F. eas 
“Dear Henry 
Field: I am send- 
ing a picture of my 
two children under 
some Kentucky 
Wonder Wax 
Beans. The cut 
worms got about 
half of them but I 
still canned over 
100 qts. Everyone 
who saw them said 
they had never 
seen such beans.” 
—Mrs. Leonard 
Keck, Rt. 2, Berry- 
ville, Ark. 

