HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOR” 
Published by Henry Hield Seed & Nursery Co. 
Field No. 1 Building Shenandoah, Iowa 
Mrs. Henry Field, Editor - 
Contributors 
“Alfalfa” John Nicolson (Seed) Deane Schneider (Field Seed) 
Pate Simmons (Seed & Nursery) LeOna Nicolson (Nursery) 
Geo. Rose (Nursery) Irving Steurer (Garden Seed) 
—& all my friends and customers 
Subscription Price — A Garden Seed, Field’ Seed 
or Nursery Order 
This Is the Year to Grow Your Own Groceries 
You and I and a lot of other people are going to take our 
gardens a little more seriously this year. A garden is more im- 
portant than at any time since 1945. As I am writing this to 
“you, some talks are going on in Washington, D. C., to start 
Victory Gardens again. 
During the last war, a lot of scene got to gardening who 
had not gardened before. <A lot of people did it as a patriotic 
duty, and it was the patriotic thing to do. And then, too, at 
‘that time you couldn’t just walk in a grocery store and buy 
anything you wanted, even if you did have the money. Things 
were scarce. Some you couldn’t get at all. Or you had to have 
your ration coupons. A good garden and orchard and berry 
patch was mighty important then. 
But during the last several years a lot of us kind of neglected 
the old garden patch. It was easy to get what you wanted, 
when you wanted it, at the grocery store. Things were high, 
but most of us were making a lot of money and didn’t object 
too seriously to the price. We griped a little and went on and 
bought what we wanted anyway. 
Now we know that the prices of groceries aren’t going to get 
any lower than they are now. Maybe some things are going to 
get scarce again too. So the time again has come when grow- 
ing your own vegetables and fruits is important. 
And one of the nice things about growing your own groceries 
is that it is a pleasant duty. It’s fun. And, as Henry used to 
say, it’s good for you mentally and morally and physically and 
financially. And at the same time you get better food and more 
of it. Who could ask for a better deal than that? 
So if your hoe and spade have been getting a little rusty 
lately, get out and start turning up dirt. And while you are 
working with the soil, reach down and get a handful occa- » 
sionally. Crumble it in your hand and let it run through your 
fingers. You’ll find a lot of your cares and worries will trickle 
right through your fingers with the soil. 
This is the time to grow more vegetables and fruits than you 
will eat fresh. Grow-enough so that you can store some, and. 
can some, and freeze some. 
Flowers Are Important Too 
Now I’ve been talking about growing vegetables and fruits. 
I haven’t said anything about flowers. But I want to talk about 
flowers because it is just as important to have food for the soul 
as food for the body. 
Plan your plantings so that your yard will be a daily source 
of joy, a constant display of beauty. That means planting an- 
nuals and pefennials, and flowering trees and shrubs and 
bushes. You can have daffodils and hyacinth and tulips before 
the snow is hardly off the ground, then go right through the 
summer with petunias and marigolds and zinnias and roses and 
phlox and iris and glads and dahlias and all the rest—right 
through and into the cold days of fall with the late blooming 
chrysanthemums. Then, when the frost comes and the ground 
freezes, and snow .arrives, how about house plants that stay 
HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1951—Henry Field Seed & Nursery 00. Shenandoai, Towa 
This picture of me was taken last August when I was looking — 
over some of our new varieties of Gladiolus growing in our trial 
grounds back of the Seedhouse building. I wish you could have 
seen them too. 
and they were absolutely gorgeous. 
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with you through the winter? is 
Maybe you can’t grow everything where you live because of 
the climate or soil conditions. But there are a lot of flowers 
you can grow regardless of where in these United States you 
live. Look through our big Spring Catalog for a world of ideas 
and information. But if you would like some advice on what 
is best suited for where you live, write us a letter. We'd like 
to help you. And our advice is free. 
—Mrs. Henry (Bertha) Field. 
Pa 
$1.00 for Your Snapshots . 
This year we are giving $1.00, instead of 50c, for each photo- 
graph we use in Seed Sense. Send us your snapshots of your 
flowers, vegetables, gardens, children, chicks, etc. The more 
you send, the better we like it. We couldn’t put out a Seed 
Sense or catalog without them. Then, too, they give us an idea 
of how our seeds and nursery stock are doing for you. So get 
busy and send us your spare snapshots (not negatives). Of 
course, we can’t use all we receive (though we would like to), — 
but for each one we do use we’ll send you $1.00 in cash. 
Compare Our Prices 
We think our prices are so reasonable compared to most 
everything else, that we are proud to have you compare them. 
We've always believed in fair dealings at fair prices. So look 
our merchandise and prices over. We think you will have to 
go pretty far to find better buys. ‘ : 
Are You Getting Two Catalogs? 
If your family received two or more of our big spring cata- 
logs, we would sure appreciate knowing about it. We send out 
a catalog to each name on our list, but sometimes different — 
members of families or different people at the same address 
order from us and each different name is put down. So, two or 
more catalogs are sent to the same address, and because of this 
we sometimes don’t have enough copies to go around. If you 
do have an extra catalog please do us a favor by passing it on 
sts Lie and then let us know about it on the coupon below. 
anks 
I received more than one catalog or copy. of Seed Sense. 
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; Name 
We had several thousand growing in one place, 
