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“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE” 
Vol. XXXVI 
Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Shenandoah, Iowa, August, 1952 
No. 3 
How to Force Bulbs Indoors 
Potted bulbs are just about the easiest 
house plants there are to grow, and 
they’re pretty, too. With a little fore- 
thought and almost no effort you can have 
a glorious bloom of flowers all winter 
long. 
Narcissus ahd. Hyacinths are usually 
the best bloomers and the easiest to grow. 
Paper White Narcissus can be started in 
water with just enough pebbles, sand or 
marbles to hold the bulbs in*place. Place 
in the dark and water often. When they 
look as if they are ready to bloom, bring 
the plants out in the light and they will 
soon burst into bloom. 
Place Hyacinth bulbs in flower pots and 
barely cover with rich dirt. Press the 
dirt down tight and set in a dark place. 
Water often. When roots have developed 
and the plants look ready to bloom, bring 
them out to the light and they will shoot 
up and bloom in no time. 
Transplanting Trees and Shrubs 
If you have trees or shrubs to- move, 
don’t move them until they are dormant 
(have lost their leaves). Then you may 
move them without any trouble if you 
don’t expose the roots to air or sun any 
more than absolutely necessary. 
Amazing Surecrop Hybrid 
Cucumber 
“Gentlemen: 
Early Surecrop Hybrid Cucumber seed 
and were absolutely amazed at the re- 
sults. We fed ourselves, the neighbors, 
and made about 20 gallons of assorted 
pickles from them. Here is a picture of 
our daughter, Mary, with some proof of 
our fine 1951 cucumber crop.’”’ — Mrs. 
_ Walter J. Alves, Rt. 3, Guntersville, Ala’ 
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Last year we used your. 
Strawberries Size of 
Crab Apples! 
“Dear Field’s: This is me in my straw- 
berry bed last summer. . Notice the straw- 
berries in the kettles are as big as crab 
apples. Some folks thought when looking 
at the picture that they were small apples. 
I say if you want plants that yield, send 
to Henry Field.’’—Mrs. Jake Noble, Gut- 
tenburg, Iowa. 
Our Nursery Guarantee 
All our stock is guaranteed. If you are 
not pleased with it in every way when you 
receive it, return it promptly, at our ex- 
pense, and it will be replaced or your 
money refunded, whichever you prefer. 
After you have planted it, if it fails—to 
grow, we think we should both take part 
of the blame. We will take one-half and 
you and the weather take the other, and 
we'll replace at half-price anything un- 
satisfactory through any fault of the stock 
if you notify us not later than May 15, 
1953. Accompany your report with a re- 
mittance of one-half the original purchase 
price. 
If you wonder how we can make such 
a guarantee, here are some of the rea- 
- $ons: 
1. Our nursery stock is all state in- 
spected. 
2..Our nursery stock is free from dis- 
ease, 
3. Our nursery stock is of the highest 
quality. 
4. Our nursery stock is true to name. 
5. Our nursery stock is mature, live, 
ready-to-grow stock, first-class in every 
way. 
Don’t Plant Trees Too Deeply 
We receive a lot of letters asking us 
about ailing trees...Most of them start 
like this: ‘‘This tree didn’t seem to have 
anything wrong with it when we received 
it but ever since it was planted it seems 
to be getting sicker and sicker, etc., etc.” 
Well, nine times out of ten, the trouble 
is that the tree has been planted too 
deeply.. This is a very common planting 
fault and it kills many trees annually. 
Lots of folks figure that if they plant a 
tree deep in the ground, they will give the 
tree more support against the wind. But, 
by doing so, they plant the tree so deep 
they suffocate the roots. Roots must have 
oxygen and if they are buried too deeply 
in the ground, the tree, over a period of 
years, suffocates. 
A tree should be planted the same 
depth it was planted in the nursery field. 
You can almost always determine this 
depth by finding-the little ring of discolor- 
ation that developed at the ground line. 
Then, after planting the tree at the proper 
depth, support can be provided when and 
if needed. 
Another thing that sometimes bothers 
an older tree is that it gets sod-bound. So 
much grass has grown under the tree it 
doesn’t get the proper amount of mois- 
ture and plant foods. Best remedy is to 
dig up the grass, roots and all, and feed 
and water the tree. Remove the sod as 
far out as the limbs extend and water all 
the way out, giving the ground a good 
soaking. 
Little Buckaroo 
“Dear Mrs. Field: With this order I am 
enclosing a snapshot of our little buck- 
aroo, Gary Douglas Campbell. We have 
been away from the farm for several 
years, but are back again now and happy 
to be here. And of course we turn again 
to Henry Field’s for seeds.’’—Mrs. Wil- 
lard Campbell, Rt. 1, Hurdland, Mo. 
