Vol. XXXVIT 
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Playing with 3-lb. Cucumbers 
“Dear Sirs: Our Early Surecrop Hy- 
brid Cucumbers grew too heavy and large 
for our 18-month-old daughter to carry, 
although she had lots of fun rolling and 
pushing them. Here is a picture of Vir- 
ginia and some of the three pounders.’’— 
Mrs. Kenneth E. Everett, 3213 North 72, 
Rt. 1, Bethel, Kans. 
Free Wedding Roses 
To persons sending in a picture of 
their recent wedding, Golden Wedding 
anniversary (50th), or Diamond Wed- 
ding anniversary (75th), we will send a 
free rose bush. Reason we do this is that 
we want our friends to have them as a 
sort of a personal gift from us. Just send 
a photograph and tell us all about it. If 
you don’t have a picture, send an an- 
nouncement, though we prefer a picture. 
Can’t tell you what kind of rose we will 
send, but you can be sure it will be a 
good one. And we'll send it at the proper 
planting time. 
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Fall Planting Safe Until 
Soil Freezes Hard 
When freezing temperatures begin, 
many folks who have not finished their 
planting wonder how much longer it can 
safely be done. The answer is: as long 
as the soil will crumble and can be 
packed properly about the bulbs and 
roots of plants. 
~ It makes little difference to plants 
whether it is November or December so 
long as they can be properly planted. A 
erust of frost on the surface of the soil 
will not interfere with planting. In fact, 
: é such things as fruit and shade trees (not 
evergreens) 
_ stock can be planted right up to the time 
and other heavy nursery 
Henry Field’s 
SEED SENSE ® 
ee _ “FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE” 
Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Shenandoah, Towa, August, 1953 
Spring-Blooming Dutch Bulbs 
Must Be Planted in the Fall 
Fall is the only time you can plant 
tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocus, scilla, 
grape hyacinths and chionodoxa. They 
spend the fall and winter making roots, 
then come up early in the spring. 
When setting out the bulbs, plant them 
at the depth. specified on the Bulb Plant- 
ing Chart shown on page 13. You can 
either plant the bulbs in beds or indi- 
vidually in small holes. Some people 
put a little sand on the bottom of the 
bed or hole to allow good drainage. For 
safety’s sake, you should dust the bulbs 
with sulphur or napthalene fiakes to 
drive away mice and moles. After plant- 
ing, be sure to pack the earth down firm- 
ly so there won’t be any air spaces 
around the bulbs. 
It’s a good idea to mulch the planted 
bulbs with lawn clippings, straw or rotted 
manure. After blooming next spring, al- 
low the tops to die down naturally and 
leave the bulbs in the ground unless you 
wish to move them to a new place. 
Lance Welling, St. Louis, Mo., 
Wins Jr. Seedsman Bicycle 
We are happy to announce that the 
winner of the Schwinn bicycle, given as 
the grand prize to the Junior Seedsman 
who sold the most collections of seed last 
spring, is Lance Welling, age 13, 3962 
Keokuk, St. Louis 16, Mo 
There is no doubt about Lance -being 
the winner. He sold 300 collections—a 
new all-time record. No one in the his- 
tory of our Junior Seedsman organization 
has ever come‘ close to that mark. He 
most assuredly is to be congratulated on 
doing a splendid job. 
We had hoped to have a picture here 
in Seed Sense.of Lance and his new bike, 
but we haven’t received a picture yet, so 
we’ll try to put one in the next issue of 
Seed Sense. 
A good deed is the best prayer. 
Evergreens Need Water 
All Winter 
Please see that your evergreens go 
into the winter with a good supply of 
water down in the ground around their 
roots. Unlike the plants that go dormant, 
evergreens stay awake alf winter, and 
need more water. 
After the top crust of soil has frozen, 
not much moisture finds its way from the 
ground surface down to the roots. So 
give your evergreens a good, big drink 
this fall before the ground freezes. 
Bon, 
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No. 
All H.F. Seeds Grew Well 
“Dear Field’s: 
ture of my wife, Dorothy, and me with 
some of the vegetables I raised from your 
seed last year. All your seeds really grew 
I am enclosing gp Pic- 
well. 
summer and fall. 
—Robert W. Koeneman, 
Road, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
We had plenty of vegetables all 
Also gave a lot away.” 
927 Paulding 
$1.00 for Your Snapshots 
Sure, we still need and want your 
snapshots. Couldn’t put out a Seed Sense 
or a catalog without them. Then too, we 
here at the Seed House enjoy looking at 
them because they give us an idea of how 
our seeds and nursery stock are doing. 
They also help us to get to know you 
better. So come on and send-us your 
extra snapshots. Send us pictures of your 
children, your homes and farms, crops, 
vegetables, flowers, ete. Of course we 
can’t use all the snapshots we receive, 
but we'll pay $1.00 each for those we 
do use. 
(Don’t send negatives as we cannot use 
them. We also suggest that you do not 
send us pictures you may want ack, 
as we like to keep all we receive.) 
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How We Ship Your Orders 
If some of you folks who have sent in 
large.orders don’t get everything at the 
same time, it probably is because we have 
split up your order according to when 
different items should be planted. Or- 
ders are filled when stock is in best con- 
dition and during proper planting time. 
Garden seeds and non-perishable goods 
are sent immediately. But perennials, 
house plants, evergreens, bulbs, ete. are 
sent in separate packages, even when 
sent the same day as the rest of your 
order. So you needn’t worry if you don’t 
get everything at once. Just read the pa- 
pers that come inside the package. They 
will give you full details. 
