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These four crab apple trees 
are one of the most beautiful 
and useful groups of small trees 
we know of. Their blooms vary 
from snowy white to almost 
crimson, followed by glistening 
fruit. Some varieties have foli- 
age that is bronzy red and silver, 
Perfect for screens, lawn trees, 
small shade trees. Yet from 
some you get pails full of lus- 
cious, highly flavored fruit for 
cooking, jellies and jams. 
Prices for Crab Apple Trees 
Each Per 3 
4 to 5’, postpaid...1.69 4.95 
5 to 7’, exp. not ppd.1.98 5.70 
HOPA CRAB APPLE 
A3040 — Most popular of all 
flowering crab apples. Com- 
pletely covered in the spring 
with bright pink, fragrant blos- 
soms. From late summer far 
into freezing time, the branches 
are covered with tiny apples that 
make tasty jelly. 
CARDINAL CRAB APPLE 
A3083—(Red Fleshed Crab) 
A beautiful ornamental with 
deep pink flowers and wide 
spreading branches. Bears de- 
licious, large crab apples that 
are red to the core. Makes wine- 
red jelly of delicious flavor. 
Early bearing. 
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Age of |Distance|Distance 
a DOLGO CRAB 
FRUIT PLANTING CHART 
VARIETY Bearing | Apart in 
(years) ows 
APPLES 
Standard 2to7 | 35 ft. 
Dwarf 2 15 ft 
APRICOTS 3 20 ft 
ASPARAGUS 
Field 2 2 ft. 
Garden 2 15 in. 
BLACKBERRIES 1 4 ft. 
BLUEBERRIES 1 to 2 3 ft. 
BOYSENBERRIES | 3 ft. 
CHERRIES 
Pie 2to3 | 20ft. 
Sweet 3to4 | 25 ft. 
CURRANTS 2 yrs. 4 ft. 
GOOSEBERRIES 2 yrs. 4 ft. 
GRAPES 2 yrs. 6 ft. 
PEACHES 2to3-| 20 ft. 
PEARS 
Standard 3to4 | 20ft. 
Dwarf 2yrs. | 15 ft. 
PLUMS 2to3 | 20ft. 
RASPBERRIES 1 to2 3 ft. 
RHUBARB 2 yrs. 3 ft. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Field 1 yr. 1 ft. 
Garden 1 yr. 1 ft. 
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4 The bright, glistening red 
4 crab apple fruit is beautiful 
to look at, decorative enough 
y a to be in your front yard—yet 
delicious to eat. : 
DOLGO CRAB APPLE 
A301 9—Probably the finest for 
canning whole, or pickling, and 
for jelly and sauce. Also one of 
the most beautiful. A well 
shaped tree having snowy-white 
blossoms and gleaming red fruit. 
Bears young and regularly. A 
Prof. Hansen introduction. Ex- 
tremely hardy, too. 
RED SILVER CRAB APPLE 
A3082 —A gorgeous tree that 
actually outshines the famous 
Japanese Cherries in beauty. Has 
cut-leaved red foliage beautifully 
suffused with silver. The flowers 
are a showy crimson. The fruit 
is rich maroon-red—highly orna- 
mental—and unsurpassed for jel- 
lies and preserves. A tree so 
beautiful that passers-by stop 
and stare at it. 
Flowering Crab Trio 
A267 1X—1 each of Hopa, 
Dolgo and Cardinal crab ap- 
ple trees. Big, ready-to-flower 
size, 5 to 7-foot. All 3 for 
only 4.69, express not_pre- 
paid. Too big to mail. 
me RED SILVER CRAB 
Average 
Rows Les Production 
Apart eS per Plant | 
35 ft. 35 4 to 6 bu. 
15 ft. 19336 ees ee 
20 ft. OSs see cea 
5 ft. 43 1 to 2 Ibs. 
3 ft. | 10249 1 to 2 Ibs. 
6 ft. 1815 3 ats. 
6 ft. 2420 er eee 
4 ft. 36302 |e 
20 ft. 108 | 8 to 12 gals. 
25 ft. 69 | 8 to 12 gals. 
4 ft. 2722 2 ats. 
4 ft. 2722 2 ats. 
8 ft. 907 | 12 to 20 lbs. 
20 ft. 108 | 3to5 bu. 
20 ft. 108 3 to 5 bu. 
15 ft. 193) le tener 
20 ft. 108 | 8 to 10 gals. 
6 ft. 2420 2 ats. 
3 {Chine es 3 to 4 bu. 
3y ft. 9900 1 qt. 
2 ft. | 21780 1 qt. 
Pears grow upright, take lit- 
tle space, and are always loaded. 
Plant both summer and winter 
pears. Set 16 feet apart, about 
170 trees to acre. Wrap fruit of 
winter pears in paper and save 
for mid-winter eating. 
Henry Field's Low Pear Prices 
(Except Everbearing ‘‘Colette’’) 
Each Per3Per5 
-98 2.69 4.25 
2 to 3ft., 
postpaid ... 
3 to 4 ft., 
postpaid ... 
4 to 6 ft., exp. 
not prepaid 
(too big to 
mail) 
1.15 3.29 5.25 
1.49 4.35 6.98 
Early and Late Pear Collection 
1 Bartlett 2-3 ft. 
1 Douglas 2-3 ft. 
A2807X—Both for 1.79, ppd. 
Henry 
Field's 
HARDY PEARS 
Prices of DeLuxe Grade 
Pear Trees 
See description of De- 
Luxe Grade on page 36. 5- 
to 7-foot size DeLuxe 
Grade Pear Trees, 2.39 
each; 3 for 6.89. Express 
not prepaid. Too big to 
mail. No DeLuxe Grade 
on Colette Pear. 
Cross Pollination of 
Pears 
2 different varieties are 
needed for proper pollina- 
tion but if you live in 
town or a city suburb 
there probably will be 
enough other pear trees 
around so you won’t have 
to worry. 
All-Season Pear Bargain 
1 Lincoln 4-6 ft. (Aug.) 
1 Bartlett 4-6 ft. (Sept.) 
1 Douglas 4-6 ft. (Oct.) 
A2809X—All 3 for 
4.29, Exp. not ppd. 
“Colette"—Henry Field's New 
Everbearing Pear 
(Patent Pending) 
‘A3503—It is with great pleasure that 
we present.to you our new pear, Colette. 
It is the first everbearing pear ever to 
be offered. It blooms at the normal 
blossoming time but keeps on blooming 
and bearing new pears on the new 
growth for most of the summer. As a 
result, it ripens fruit over a long period 
in the fall. It is an ideal home, or back- 
yard tree. - 
What is more, Colette has an eating” 
quality second to none. It has no grit 
nor rotting at the core when fully ripe. 
We guarantee that you never have 
tasted a more delicious fruit. Size me- 
dium to large. Fruit from first crop 
begin to ripen in early fall, and con- 
tinue on until freezing weather. 
2 to 3’ size, 2.25 each; 3 to 4 size, 
2.75, both sizes prepaid. 4 to 6’ size, 
3.25 each, exp. not ppd. Supply limited 
this year. 
Henry Field's Hardy APPLE 
All Henry Field apple trees are heavy caliper, 
strong, straight trees with heavy roots. 
our own apple trees and know they are good, free 
from disease, and true to name. 
We grow 
About Spraying 
Now spraying is easy, thanks to Henry Field's 
Combination Fruit Spray. See page 53 for details 
of this easy-to-use spray. 
Statement of Inspection for Trueness-to-Name 
October 2, 1952 
To Whom it May Concern: 
This Is to acknowledge that all of the salable 
le trees now growing in the nursery of the 
HENRY FIELD'S LOW APPLE PRICES 
(These prices apply to all except Delcon, 
enry Field Seed and Nursery Co. at Shenandoah, 
lowa are, to the best of my knowledge, true to 
name as they now stand in the nursery rows. 
(Signed) A. E. Cott 
lowa Trueness-to-Name Identifi- 
cation Service, Sponsored by The 
lowa State Horticultural Society. 
Nothing is more discouraging than to discover, 
2 to 3. ft., postpaid 
3 to 4 ft., postpaid 
4to6ft.,exp.notppd. 1.15 3.15 
(See description of this grade on page 36): big 
5 to 7T-foot size, 
Delcon, which is 2.60 per tree. No DeLuxe Grade 
Delawine, and the DeLuxe Grade.) 
Each Per3 PerS PerlO 
75 2.15 3.39 6.49 
90 2.55 3.98 7.49 
4.98 9.50 
1.98 each; 3 for 5.69, except 
on Delawines, 5-in-1, 3-in-1, or Flowering Crab 
Apples. 
after 4 or 5 years, that an apple tree is not the 
variety you thought it was. 
different varieties. 
athan and Delicious. 
branches. 
1948 Seed Sense. 
Some dwarf apple trees are 
made by multigrafting, a com- 
plicated process which is more 
expensive and when you end 
up you don’t have much of a 
tree, and they have to sell for 
five or six dollars. But Delcon 
is a single-graft, a true dwarf, 
Why take chances? 
Plant Henry Field’s apple trees and be sure. 
About Pollination 
In most towns and city suburbs, there’ are 
enough apple trees to assure proper pollination. 
But out in the country, better plant two or more 
Delcon was originated by the 
Missouri State Experiment Sta- 
tion at Mountain Grove, Mo. 
Its parentage is Ben Davis, Jon- 
It is a 
true dwarf with drooping 
It was offered for 
sale for the first time in the 
United States in our March 
A2670X—These bear all season—some early, some mid- 
season, some late: 
t Yellow Transparent 
Early) 
f Anoka (Fall) 
( Jonathan (Red, Winter) 
i Red Delicious (Late Fail and Winter) 
|. Fireside (New Winter) 
All § of these, 4 to 6’ size, for only 4.49, Exp. not ppd. 
FREE GIFT: 1 Golden Beli (Forsythia). the beautiful. 
early-blooming shrub. 
The fruit 
cious and Jonathan. 
thinning, 
storage. 
A TRUE DWARF APPLE 
FOR ONLY 1.49 
a small tree (for easy picking) 
with full-sized apples, and we 
sell it for only 1.49, postpaid. 
Perfect for the back yard. 
is fine grained, 
juicy, and has some of 
the flavor of both Deli- 
It 
produces heavy at an 
early age, seldom needs 
ripens about 
ten days before Deli- 
cious, and keeps well in 
You ought to plant it. No. A301 5—2-3 foot size, 
1.49 each; 3-4 foot size, 
4-6 foot size, 2.19, exp. not ppd. 
ane 
1.89 each, both ppd. 
A Very Practical Tree for the Small Yard 
A3114—These 5 choice varieties on one 
tree: 
Red Delicious Yellow Delicious 
Stayman Winesap Anoka 
Yellow Transparent 
You get apples all season long from this 
one tree. 
Here’s how a 5N1 tree happens—we 
take a good standard tree like an Anoka 
and graft the other varieties onto its 
limbs. 
When you receive your 5N1, note the 
branches that are grafted and then don’t 
let the other limbs crowd them out. 
Fine heavy trees. 2.95 each; 2 for 
5.69. Express not prepaid. 
3 VARIETIES ON TREE—A3Z3I13. Prices: 
Each, 2.25; 2 for 3.98.. Express not ppd. 
