ney you might like to know. - Yow ll 
“your ‘wrist, you can trim them any time. 
tf larg er, trim only in the winter when 
the sap is not flowing. Trim in early 
eed to prevent bad crotches, crossed 
Foatiue out bad crotches and limbs that 
interfere with each other. Don’t cut 
off short spurs from main limb as this 
bears first fruit. 
- GRAPES—Prune in early spring before 
growth starts. Cut off all old wood 
. which has borne fruit. 
off before winter covering. Prune bal- 
ance of wood to 8 inches from the 
“ground: just before growth starts in the 
- spring. — 
SHRUBS—Prune early bloomers like 
‘Bridal Wreath, Lilacs, etc., right after 
_theyebloom. Later bloomers like Hy- 
_ drangeas can be pruned in the spring. 
_ WEDGES—Prune several times each sea- 
ia son whenever it is necessary to keep the 
hedge in the shape desired. An ever- 
‘. Sie green hedge should be. pruned in late 
‘May or June. If you have a straggly 
ie hedge, cut it back to within few inches 
of the ground, fertilize and it will grow 
nicely. Always prune top narrower 
- than bottom so bottom foliage will get 
-- some sunlight too. 
A Jr. Seedsman 
“Dear Mrs. Field: 
sold 12 Junior 
Seedsman collec- 
ions this year. It 
was the first time I 
had ever sold your 
They sure 
I sold 
hem all in one day. 
am looking for- 
Kenneth Lansdale, 
— Rt. 1, Purcell, Okla. 
The careful farmer is‘the lucky farmer. 
\ 
- Strawberryshrub 
_ Here is an attractive plant you have 
- probably seen many, many times, though 
it is seldom offered for sale. In fact, this 
is the first time we have offered it for a 
good many years. It is the well known 
_ §$trawberryshrub or sweetshrub (Calycan- 
- thus floridus), whose fragrant flowers and 
_ jJeaves have been associated with Ameri- 
ean gardens from the time that America 
“was first settled. Its reddish brown flow- 
ers are borne close to the base of the 
leaves along the stems. They bloom from 
- June to July, and have a sweet straw- 
berry-like fragrance. The leaves are large 
and the branchlets give off a pleasant 
eamphor-like odor. All in all, it is a 
mighty nice shrub to have around. Grows 
bout 6 to 8 ft. tall at the most, but can 
eer right ‘here in tao 
we would like to have you try in your 
Te i Order No. A1500S. 79c each; 2 
ies _ HYBRID TEA ROSES—Prune long shoots 
“World’s Tallest Tomato 
Yes: sir, this Climbing Tomato is truly 
the ‘world’s tallest tomato. This picture 
‘doesn’t do it justice but you can get an 
idea of how tall it 
grows. Gets 10 to 18 
feet tall and often 
bears 2 to 3 bushels 
of tomatoes to a 
vine. The tomatoes 
are good eating, too 
—big and meaty and 
have a small seed 
cavity. Fine for slic- 
ing 
‘No. 430S—Climb- 
ing Tomato. Packet 
25c, postpaid. 
The Very Finest Shrubs 
It used to be that we could not offer 
shrubs like the ones in the collection be- 
low, in a collection, simply because we 
couldn’t produce enough stock per year. 
We are beginning now, though, to get to 
the point where we can offer fine shrubs 
_at the cheaper collection price because 
we have increased our growing program. 
We know you folks wet be pleased to 
know this. 
In looking over our whole flowering 
shrub assortment, with an eye to picking 
out the very finest and most popular of 
all, we found that we had enough of the 
four leading ones to make up the follow- 
ing collection. These are shrubs that you 
will be proud to grow in your yard, no 
matter where you live, nor how expensive 
your home may be. Hach one of the four 
offered will grow 10 to 12 ft. in height, if 
allowed to do so. Or, if you wish to keep 
them smaller, simply cut them back very 
severely once in a while (preferably after 
they flower) and you can keep them down 
to medium height. 
The shrubs are: White Snowball—A 
fine round-shaped shrub, with leaves like 
large maple leaves, and large solid balls 
of.flowers that look like large snowballs. 
Chinese Beauty Bush—A big, vigorous, 
arching shrub from China, with small, 
neat-pointed leaves, and branches that are 
loaded with bell-shaped, pink flowers in 
June. Double White Mock Orange (Mock 
} Orange Virginalis)—The best of the beau- 
tiful, double white Mock Orange varieties. 
Has very large, pure white blossoms, and 
a wonderful fragrance. Red Flowering 
Quince—One of the beauties of early 
spring. Makes a large round shrub with 
every branch covered by brilliant orange- 
scarlet blossoms before the leaves come. 
If you want four of the finest of all 
flowering shrubs, by all means order this 
collection. No. A2377XS—1 each of the 
above four shrubs for only $2.39 postpaid. 
You Should Plant 
Purple Pod Pole Beans 
Our Purple Pod Pole bean is not new. 
In fact, it’s an old favorite and has been 
grown for many, many years in southern 
Missouri. But, not near enough people 
plant it, and they don’t know what they 
are missing. Guess a lot of people don’t 
know enough about it. 
The Purple Pod is a vigorous grower. 
Climbs well and yields ‘tremendously. 
Quality and flavor are of the very best. 
The pods are a beautiful reddish purple, 
but turn light green when cooked. Try 
a few this year: We know you will like 
them. No. 122S~—Purple Pod Pole Bean. 
3 oz. packet 25c; 14 lb. 50c, postpaid. 
Another Henry Field Wedding 
“Dear Sirs: Am enclosing a snapshot of 
our son and his wife cutting their wed- 
ding cake. Their name and address is: 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Hurford, Rt. 2, 
Plymouth, Ind. Would like you to send 
them your catalog and also. a free rose 
bush. Frank was raised. since a baby on 
your vegetables.’”?—Mrs. M. Hurford, 
Plymouth, Ind. 
Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Hurford. 
Instead of a rose bush we’re sending a 
beautiful peony, because of the bad rose 
shortage. Hope you will enjoy it for a 
long, long time.—Mrs. H. F 
“Darling” Morning Glory 
The brand new Morning Glory ‘“Dar- 
ling’ is one of the most beautiful flowers 
we have ever seen. It’s quite different 
than most Morning Glories because of its 
distinctive coloring of bright red witha 
pure white throat. Really is very strik- 
ing. The blossoms open up to 4 inches 
or more in diameter and are-borne in 
great abundance. And the vine is a 
healthy, vigorous climber. 
Unfortunately, we couldn’t get enough 
seed to list. it in our big spring catalog, 
but we wanted you Morning Glory lovers 
to have a chance at it and are listing it 
here in Seed Sense for the first time. 
41147S—Darling Morning Glory. Packet 
25c, postpaid. 
Beautiful Mums 
“Dear Field’s: Here is a little picture 
of myself and the beautiful mums you 
sent me. I enjoy your catalog and Seed 
Sense very much. Your flower seeds and 
bulbs and garden seed are really good.’’ 
—Mrs. Dave Tompkins, Leeton, Mo. 
