| Vol. XXXVIII 
| . 
_ Heavy-Bearing 3-Year-Old 
was Pear 
_ “Dear Mrs. Field: I am sending a 
| picture of our daughter, Gladys, 12. 
- years old, standing beside a 3-year- 
old Bartlett pear tree. Last year it 
| yielded 380 nice large pears. We 
| have always been well pleased with 
all your trees and seeds.’’—Mrs. 
Focke Diener, Rt. 2, Franklin, Nebr. 
ou yy 
Sensitive Plant 
| -plant we 
would like to 
Sensitive Plant 
ost mysterious 
. Touch the leaves and 
». In a few moments 
erect again. It has fern- 
iage, fuzzy pink flowers, and 
mePtoowniehs. =) 
know. Perhaps you can figure out 
_ the answer. It’s an annual and easy 
to grow. Plant it out in the garden ~ 
or pot it up as a house plant. But 
wherever you plant it, you may be 
sure it will mystify you and your 
friends. 
 ~-No. 1227—Sensitive Plant. Pkt. 
15c, postpaid. 
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Free Wedding Roses 
- To persons sending in a picture of 
heir recent wedding, Golden Wed- 
ng anniversary (50th), or Dia- 
ond Wedding anniversary (75th), 
we will send a free rose bush. Rea- 
son we do this is that we want our 
friends +o have them as a sort of a 
personal gift from us. Just send a 
otograph and tell us all about it. 
f you don’t have a picture, send an 
nnouncement, though we’d prefer 
a picture. Can’t tell you what kind 
of rose we will send, but you can be 
re it will be a good one. And we'll 
nd it at the proper planting time. 
bs : Bride and Groom 
Dear Field’s: We are sending 
r wedding picture and would like 
rose you offer. We were married 
4, 1953. My parents have used 
TS , your seeds and 
plants for years 
andare well 
pleased with 
them.’? — Mrs. 
James. Chance, 
Kimnundy, Il. 
We are very 
happy to be able 
‘to send you a 
nice wedding 
rose. We hope 
beauty for many 
-years.—Ed. | 
Seed & Nursery Co. 
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What makes it tick? We don’t — 
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you will enjoy its . 
Henry Field’s 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE” 
Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Shenandoah, Iowa, January, 1954 
ComeSee Us in Shenandoah 
We have had hundreds of thou- 
sands of friends come to visit us 
here at Henry Field’s in the last 60 
years. Maybe it’s millions. Anyhow, 
they were all welcome, and we think 
they went home just a little bit more 
“garden-minded”’ than: when they 
came. So come see us—we like to 
meet our customers. 
P.S. We close on Sundays. 
Double Flowered 
Prairie Almond 
' We got this fine shrub from the 
Morden Experiment Station in Can- 
ada. We think it may take the place 
of Rose Tree of China (Prunus Tri- 
loba), as its double flowers last 
longer, are borne in greater quan- 
tities and are followed by multi- 
tudes of slightly wooly, red almond 
nuts that remain into early winter. 
As you would suspect, the shrub is 
as hardy as a rock. 
The Prairie Almond is of finer 
texture, more branchy and has nar- 
rower, more interesting foliage than 
the Rose Tree of China. The flowers 
are of a somewhat lighter shade of 
pink than those of Rose Tree of 
China and have a spot of bright red 
in thé center of each bloom that 
gives them a distinctive charm. 
If you can use a very attractive, 
medium-growing shrub, try Prairie 
Almond. You will have something 
different and distinctive, and well 
worth growing. ~ ‘ 
No. A1470 — Prairie Almond. 
- Good strong plants. $1.50 each, 
postpaid. | ; : 
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Picking Zinnias 
plement A Se Sa ee, 
“Dear Mrs. Field: Here is a pic- 
ture of my little 3-year-old sister 
picking some Zinnias that I ordered 
from you. They were beautiful, 
even though they had no rain for 
two or three months.’’—Miss Doris 
Boyd, Star Rt. 1, St. Genevieve, Mo. 
fia ea 
Early spring or fall are the best 
times for transplanting. 
No C.O.D.’s, Please 
Unfortunately, we just can’t -ship 
C.O.D. There are so many delays 
in shipping this way that he oksta We 
‘practical. Nursery stock should be 
planted just as soon as possible after 
leaving here, and if it has to wait 
around to be delivered it may not 
do too well. So, this is for your own 
Then, too, C.O.D.’s al- 
ways cause a lot of red tape, which 
in turn causes higher prices. We 
know you folks want to buy things 
at as low a price as possible, so by 
not having C.O.D.’s, we can keep 
our prices down. 
-“MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE,” Shenandoah, low 
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Tomato X 
Win $25 for Naming This Brand 
New Tomato 
A Here is a brand 
a new tomato. In 
fact, it is so new 
it doesn’t even 
have a name yet. 
We are sure it 
will become a 
_ valuable one for 
the midwest, es- 
pecially where 
the summers are 
hot and dry. It is a “‘determinate”’ 
variety, which means that its growth 
is limited. (In other words, it won’t 
run all over the garden.) Bears 
early and always has a heavy crop 
of fine quality tomatoes. 
Take our word for it, this tomato 
is so different from the other well- 
known kinds that even the rankest 
amateur gardener can see the dif- 
ference. 
Its seed is still very scarce, so get 
your order in soon if you want some. 
No. 407—Tomato X. Pkt. (50 
seeds) 25c; 3 pkts. 50c, postpaid. 
P.S. We want a name for this 
_ new variety. After you have grown 
it, send us your suggestion for a 
name. We will pay $25.00 to the 
person, who suggests the name we 
like best. In case of tie, duplicate 
prizes will be awarded. Contest 
closes October 1, 1954. 
Plant Nursery Stock 
AT ONCE 
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 possible. Our stock is 
shipped in perfect condition for 
planting but, of course, we can’t 
. guarantee it will stay that way in- 
definitely. If the weather is bad 
when it arrives or you can’t plant 
for some other reason, heel the 
stock in the ground. It will stay 
alive that way. Never expose roots > 
to the sun or air for a long period 
of time. 
Extra Payment in Nursery 
In shipping orders to customers 
we sometimes send postage-free 
items along with others that go ex- 
press-collect. When this happens, 
the customer has to pay express 
charges on the whole shipment. 
Naturally, this isn’t fair, but to 
make it rigl*; and rather than put 
up two separate packages, we al- 
ways put in a little extra nursery 
stock. This more than makes up for 
the additional postage charges. 
Seems like a good deal to us because 
you really get a bargain out of it. 
35-lb. Banana Squash 
“Henry Field 
Seed & Nursery 
Co.: Here is a 
picture of a little 
friend, Buddy, 
holding a 35-lb. 
Banana squash 
grown in our 
garden from 
Field’s seeds,’— 
Mrs. Chas. Beck- 
er, Bowen Road, 
RR Dies 25) eae 
Aurora, N. Y. is 
SEED SENSE 
No. 1 
Bigger Elephant Ears 
Mrs. W. H. Holzworth, Rt. 1, Box 
109, Spring, Texas, sent in this pic- 
ture. She says, “I grew some Ele- 
phant Ears that are even bigger 
than those grown by Mr. Kidwell 
that are pictured in your Fall Cata- 
log. Here is a picture of one I grew 
that has a leaf 40 in. wide and 48 
in. long. My grandson and I are in 
the picture.” 
Write Us a Letter 
Sometime when you have a spare 
minute, sit down and write us a let- 
ter. Let us know how our seeds and 
nursery stock are doing for you, or 
how you like some of our new items. 
Or, if you have some questions on 
gardening or planting, don’t hesi- 
tate to ask us about them. Our ad- 
vice is free for the asking. Anyway, 
keep on sending in your letters— 
we like to hear from you. ; 
For best results, plant your veze- 
table garden early. 
Winners of Our 
“Big Pumpkin” Contest 
Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. 
Roy Johnson, Bronson, Iowa. They 
are standing beside Mrs. Johnson’s 
“King of the Mammoth” pumpkin 
that won our ‘“‘Big Pumpkin’’ con- 
_test held last fall. 
Harly last spring we announced 
over local radio station KFNF that 
we were going to have a ‘““Big Pump- 
kin’? contest, and that if a person 
wanted to enter, to write in and we 
would send him a free packet of 
pumpkin seed to plant. First prize 
was $1.00 per pound for the biggest 
pumpkin; second prize was $10.00. 
The contest closed October 3, 1953, 
during our annual Fall Festival. 
There were many entries, but 
none equalled the pumpkins grown 
by the Johnsons. Mrs. Johnson’s 
prize-winning pumpkin weighed in 
at 79 pounds and she received a 
check from us for $79.00. Mr. John- 
son’s pumpkin, which weighed 53 
pounds, was the second-largest en- 
try, so he received the second prize 
of $10.00. 
Mrs. Johnson said the secret of 
her success was good seed, an old 
feed lot for good soil, and plenty 
of water to offset the extremely dry 
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