8 HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1951—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
West Coast Hybrid Lilies 
A word about our 
new sensational 
West Coast Hybrid 
os, Lilies. For more 
f than 15 years, Mr. 
Carleton Yerex, and 
other lily hybrid- 
izers in the Pacific 
northwest, have 
been patiently cross- 
ing lilies of many va- 
rieties and producing hybrids of breath- 
taking beauty. Folks from the Seedhouse 
visited Mr. Yerex last year and could 
hardly believe their eyes. They saw lilies 
of extreme hardiness on stems often high- 
er than their heads. They saw Trumpets, 
reflex types like the Aurelians, and other 
shapes, as well as colors ranging from 
deep wine red to the clearest yellows and 
apricots and magnificent combinations. 
In the fall of 1949 and last spring, 
bulbs of all types were planted here at 
Shenandoah and the blooms in our fields 
last-summer were really gorgeous to sees 
We find these lilies easier to grow than 
most any plant we know, and are far su- 
perior in color and beauty to any lilies 
now on the market. Perfectly hardy, too. 
To give you an idea of their great beau- 
ty, last summer Mr. Yerex exhibited one 
stem from his seedling Yellow Trumpet 
Lilies at the annual meeting of the Ameri- 
can Lily Society at Buffalo and he won the 
Grand Sweepstake prize for the best lily 
in the show, and the Griffith Medal, which 
is a top award for a lily. 
We are offering two especially fine ones 
here in Seed Sense: 
B5037S—Yellow Trumpet Hybrid (pic- 
ture above). Same seedling strain as the 
one that won the Sweepstake Prize and 
Griffith Award. Large flowers of beauti- 
ful shades of clear yellow. Absolutely 
gorgeous. $2.25 each; 83 for $6.25 post- 
paid. 
B5000S—Aurelian Hybrid. Large, wide 
flaring, trumpet lilies in beautiful com- 
binations of colors, including gorgeous 
sunburst effects. $1.98 each; 3 for $5.49, 
postpaid. 
Our Planting Instructions Free 
If you haven’t had too much experience 
with some kinds of plants or seeds and are 
wondering about how they should be 
planted or cared for, don’t worry about 
it. We make it a point to send along 
simple, common sense, planting advice 
with all orders, so that you will be able 
to take good care of your plants and get 
good results. It’s a part of our free serv- 
ice to all our customers. 
Look What I I Found! 
; “Dear Sirs: I am 
sending you a pic- 
ture of my 2% year 
old son, Harry, hold- 
ing a cucumber 
- which he found in 
my garden. It was 
grown from seed I 
' purchased from you. 
I have planted your 
seeds every year 
since I have been 
married.’’ — Mrs. 
James K. Peckham, 
Rantoul, Kansas. 
A man has to use 
a magnifying glass 
to see his own 
faults. 
Mrs. Field’s Famous 15-Minute 
Cucumber Pickles 
4 qts. cucumbers 1 tsp. cloves 
(sliced or 1 tsp. allspice 
chunked) 1 tsp. cinnamon 
cups water 8 tsp. salt 
cups vinegar 1 onion, medium 
cups sugar size, cut fine 
tsp. black pepper 
Mix the vinegar, sugar, water, salt and 
spices, put on the stove and let come to a 
boil before putting in the cucumbers and 
onion. 
cloth sack being sure to leave room to 
swell. 
While the vinegar is coming to a boil, 
slice or chunk the cucumbers, and cut the 
onion up fine. We prefer dill size, or 
rather large cucumbers as these stay crisp 
better. Just so they are not seedy. But 
any size cucumber can be used. 
When the vinegar comes to a boil, put 
the cucumbers and onion in and let come 
to a boil again and boil 5 minutes. Then 
can up like fruit in glass jars while hot. 
“20 Grand” Gladiolus 
Here is a real buy! It’s our “20 Grand”’ 
Gladiolus offer. You can get some beau- 
tiful glads and save yourself some money 
at the same time. We sell thousands of 
this offer every year and that’s under- 
standable because it’s such a good deal. 
You get 20 big, clean, vigorous bulbs, of 
every imaginable color and shade—with 
ruffled petals and plain ones. And, all 20 
ke COLO Co 
bulbs are guaranteed to bloom. Cost of - 
this offer? Just $1.00. 
No. BG570XS—"20 Grand” Gladiolus 
Collection. 20 bulbs $1.00; 40 bulbs 
$1.85, postpaid. 
Good Quality Shrubs 
“Dear Sirs: I wish to thank you for the 
good quality shrubs and plants sent me and 
for the free gifts that were sent.’’—Mrs. 
Murray Cornell, North Loup, Nebr. 
Clematis, with the Golden Bells 
(Clematis tangutica) 
We would like to see our customers 
plant more of this scarce Golden Flowered 
Clematis, as it has everything a vine 
should have. Itis extremely hardy, grow- 
ing a way up into Canada. Makes a great 
deal of growth in one year, and during the 
summer is loaded with bright golden 
bells, followed by large, silvery, plumy 
seed pods that are just as ornamental as 
the flowers. Has a beautiful cutleaf foli- 
age of dark green color, and, like the fra- 
grant Fall Clematis, dies down to the 
ground during the first winter or two. 
After that, it develops hard wood and a 
much stronger growth. Even when it dies 
down to the ground in its early life, it 
comes up in the spring and grows 10 to 15 
ft. a year. Being a trailing vine, it must 
wind itself around some form of support, 
such as atrellis or a post, and particularly 
likes to scramble over large rocks or old 
stumps, or make a thick mat of foliage 
around small outbuildings. 
When you stop to think of it, there are 
very few yellow-flowered vines in exist- 
ence. We list two of the very best ones 
—this Golden Flowered Clematis and 
Henry’s Hardy Golden Sun Honeysuckle. 
So, knowing how scarce these yellow-flow- 
‘ered vines are and how pretty this Golden 
Flowered Clematis is, we’re proud to offer 
it to you. Neo. ALTLIS—78e chit 2 for 
$1.49, postpaid. 
The spices should be put in a thin- 
Plant Nursery Stoc Stock AT ONCE 
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Melons Sweet as Sugar 
“Dear Mrs. Field: I am sending you a 
picture of my little grandson Jimmy, with | 
two of the big melons I had in my garden 
from your seed. They were Greeley Won- 
ders. The biggest weighed 20 lbs. and 
was as sweet as sugar.’—Mrs. E. O. 
Erickson, 917 Jones St., Muskegon, Mich. ~ 
Our Seed Beats Local Store’s. 
“Dear Sirs: In the spring of 1949 I got my 
seed from you folks. It included Hybrid ; 
Stowells Evergreen and Golden Bantam” — 
Corn. After we had all the corn we wanted 
to eat and canned 90 pts. we sold about 
$75.00 of roasting ears. Last year we bought - 
our seed from a local store and barely had 
enough corn for our own use. We really are 
sold on Field’s Seeds.”—Mrs. Adele Bruner, 
Koshkanong, Mo. 
Alfred Blackberry 
We think ‘‘Alfred’’ is one of the finest 
of blackberries and one of the sweetest. 
It ripens early and has a long bearing sea- © 
son and produces an enormous crop of © 
first-quality fruit. We have some large 
2-year transplants, which we think are 
the only kind of berry plants to buy for 
the ordinary home garden. They cost a 
little more, yes, but are well worth it. For ; 
example, your loss in transplanting is — a 
very small, and you may even get a few | 
berries the first year because the plants 
are so big and well developed. You defi- — 
nitely get berries, and lots of them, the al 
second year. 
Good blackberries seem to be coming 
back in favor again and what with black- 
berry pies and blackberry jam and jelly 
and many other thingS you can make out 
of their fragrant, tasty fruit, it is no 
wonder. Plant them anywhere, on good 
soil or bad and they will do well. They 
will take care of themselves from year to 
year, too. Price: 3 for 69c; 6 for $1.35; 
12 for $2.25; 25 for $4.49, Legh sect Or- 
der No. is A2001S. 3 
The chronic ico is the first to go 
lame in the race. 
Don’t let nursery stock lay around and 
dry out after you’ve received it. It’s not 
like garden seed. For best results it 
should get into the ground as soon as pos- | 
sible. Our stock is shipped in perfect con- 
dition for planting but, of course, we can’t — 
guarantee it will stay that way indefi- 
nitely. If the weather is bad when it ar 
rives or you can’t plant for some. othe 
reason, heel the stock in the ground. I 
will ota alive that. WAT 
time. ; Saar 
