-Fuzzless— 
This is another 
ereation of Dr. ; 
Fred HofMann 
of Omaha, 
braska. It incor- 
porates all the 
good points of | 
our well-known 
Fuzzless Berta 
Peach with some 
added features that will make Fuzz- 
less Gold an even better fuzzless 
peach for the home owner. 
Fuzzless Gold (patent pending), 
as the name implies, is a completely 
smooth - skinned, golden - colored 
peach with a bright red blush. Its 
| outer fuzzless skin is much like that 
of a plum, in that when the peach is 
/ eaten you do not even notice the 
skin at all. Its fruit is the same size 
as a good Hlberta or Hale Haven,: 
but its stone is tiny. Therefore, it 
has more flesh than the average 
peach. 
This 
ld Pench 
peach ripens about two 
} weeks earlier than Fuzzless Berta. 
| It has set “‘tree-bending”’ crops of. 
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_ beautiful fruit in Omaha, Nebr., and 
_has proved bud-hardy there in sea- 
| sons when Elberta and Hale Haven 
_ have winter killed. It has also shown 
itself to be resistant to arsenical 
sprays. Thus, it may be sprayed to 
prevent curculio with much more 
freedom than the ordinary peach. 
We believe you will find this 
beautiful peach the finest fruit of its 
_kind that you have ever tasted. Its 
} thick flesh is firm, of good quality 
and deliciously flavored. In addition 
to its other fine qualities, it is a 
good keeper and a good shipper. 
No. A3407—Fuzzless Gold Peach. 
3 to 4 ft., $1.75 each; 3 for $4.98, 
postpaid, 4 to 6 ft., $1.98 each; 3 for 
$5.69, express not prepaid. 5 to 7 ft., 
$2.39 each; 3 for $6.89, express not 
prepaid. — Ee 
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‘Be sure to read about the five brand 
new Flame Violets on the front cover 
of this catalog. C ; 
$1.00 for Your Snapshots 
Yes, we still want and need your 
snapshots, just as always. We have 
to have them or we just can’t put 
out a Seed Sense or a catalog. We 
here at the seedhouse enjoy looking 
at them, too, as they give us an idea 
of how well our seeds and nursery 
stock are doing. Of course, we can’t 
use all we receive, but we'll pay 
$1.00 for the ones we do use. So 
get busy today and send in your 
snapshots of your flowers, vege- 
tables, gardens, children, chicks, etc. 
The more you send, the better we 
like it. 
Winner of 1953 Junior 
Seedsman Bicycle 
The winner of the 1953 Junior 
Seedsman grand prize bicycle was 
Lance Welling, 3962 Keokuk, St. 
Louis 16, Mo. He is pictured above 
with the bike he won. Lance set a 
new all-time record, selling 300 col- 
lections of Junior Seedsman seeds, 
and is to be commended for doing a 
splendid job. 
We had the pleasure of meeting 
Lance and his parents last summer, 
when they stopped in at the Seed- 
house: while on vacation. We cer- 
tainly enjoyed their surprise visit. 
If any of you youngsters would 
like to win a fine bike this year, 
turn to page 22 of this catalog and 
read how you may win one. 
FIELD SEED PLANTING CHART 
Se 
ere 
Fly Free date to 
Oct. 20 
ed & Nursery Co., 
pate at cee | __ Time of Seeding -| Planting peri 
Drilled , Rows Spring Fall Depth Harvest 
Be F apeitaay rors 1-Sept. 15 Harrow in When 1/19 to Ye 
: or baie in bloom 
“| March 15-April 1 14-3 in. | july 
-— | Mar. April, May | Aug. 15-Sept. 30/ Lin. | June 15 
[| Mar-aprit | Aug. 15-Nov.1 | Y%4-¥%4-in| Aug.-Sept. 
UCKWHEAT June 10-July 10 1-2 in. Sept. 
LOVER, ALSIKE Feb. 20-April 10 Ys-1 in. | Junecduly 
HUBAM Feb., March, April 4-1 in.| Sept.-Oct. 
WH. OR YEL. SWEET |_| Feb., March, April | Aug.,-Sept. Ys-%/, in.| Aug.-Oct. 
-_-UNHULLED SW. CLO “Yan, 15-Mar.1  ¥4-% in| Aug.-Oct. 
MAMMOTH CLOVER Feb. 15-April 15 Aug. 15-Sept.1 | %-% in. nia 
RED CLOVER Fob-Api S| Auge eSeptl | vette [yune20 2 2. 
March-April “Aug. 15-Sept. 30 Ya-Lin. | June 
July 
"Apia a Eivein| july 
Feb., March, April Y, in. Sept.-Oct. 
Feb., March, April Ya in. When in full bloom 
May 10-July 15 lin. For hay when 
feathering out 
Feb. 15-April 10 1 in. July 
Feb. 1-June 1 Aug. 1-Sept. 1 Y2 in. & Before full bloom 
OPCORN “May rate aamRet eZ ie ea Ocks Nous es > 
RAPE (DWARF ESSEX) April 1-Aug. 15 Yz-1 in. 
_ RED TOP Feb. 1-June 1 July 15-Sept. 30 | 1% in. When in full bloom 
_ REED CANARY GRASS Feb.-April Aug. 1-Sept. 30 | ¥-1 in. | When in full bloom 
RYE GRASS ' Mar.-May Y-3-in.| When in full bloom 
tee 
March-May Ya-2in. | July 
Sept.-Nov. 1-2 in. July 
May-June 1-1¥, in. | Sept. af 
May-June 1-11 in. | Sept. 
May-June 1-1¥ in.| Sept. 
May-June 114-2 in. | Sept. 
pea feta YeV in. | Te into bloom; 2nd 
just before frost. 
March-April Aug. 15-Oct. 30 | /-lin. | June-July 
March-April 15 13in. | July er 
60 90 1-3 in. July 
- feet away. It combines 
Sensational Offer of New 
Red Bearded Pink Iris 
Seedlings 
The red bearded Pink Iris seed- 
lings in this offer are sister seed- 
lings of Mr. Chester Tompkins’ 
beautiful ‘“‘Apricot Supreme” Iris, 
which was awarded a certificate of 
high commendation by the Amer- 
ican Iris Society. 
These sister seedlings are all fine, 
large flowers. Some are light pink, 
some are dark pink, some come in 
apricot shades, others in orchid-pink 
shades. All have the bright red 
beards common to this new strain. 
Among these seedlings are crosses 
involving all the fine new pinks 
from Hall, Loomis, Sass, ete., that 
are worth many times more than the 
price we are asking for the plants. 
We really should not sell these 
Tris so cheaply, as, in our opinion, 
they are actually more beautiful 
than any pink variety in our fields, 
regardless of price. Many of the 
plants are good enough to name, but 
Mr. Tompkins does not want too 
many varieties of a similar nature. 
He prefers that we offer these to you 
at a low price that will move them. 
We absolutely guarantee that you 
will get your money’s ‘worth... 
and more! See page 35 of this cata- 
log for a picture of one of these 
lovely Iris in full color. 
No. B38069X—Red Bearded Pink 
Iris Seedlings from ‘Apricot Su- 
preme.” Collection of 3 for only 
$1.98, postpaid. ; 
Indoor or Outdoor 
Thermometer 
Need a good, accu- * 
rate thermometer? © 
Well, we have one and 
it’s really a dandy. It 
may be used indoors or 
outdoors. One of its 
nicest features is that, © 
due to its patented 
magnifying plasticlens, © 
it may be read through © 
a window from many 
the reading ease of | 
dial thermometers with | 
the durability and ac- 
euracy of the tube type. } 
Its crystal clear styrene plastic 
lens is 744” x 1%”. Has a 6” red 
fluid tube that gives readings from 
70 degrees below to 120 degrees 
above zero. Comes complete with a 
heavy aluminum bracket for win-. 
dow mounting. Or, bracket may be 
left off and the thermometer hung 
on a wall or post. 
No. 4032 — Indoor or Outdoor 
Thermometer. Only $1.00, postpaid. 
New, Better Way of 
Packaging Strawberry 
Plants 
‘ This is a pic- 
ture of the new 
way we are 
packaging 
strawberry 
plants for ship- 
ping. We are 
taking advan- 
tage of the mar- 
velous new plas- 
tic “polythene” 
—a new plastic 
film which al- 
lows gases to 
pass back and 
forth but retains 
moisture. 
We merely 
put a bundle of 
25 strawberry plants in a polythene 
sack, then tie the sack around the 
top of the bundle. No other pack- 
ing material is used. By using this 
material and method, the roots re- 
tain their moisture and the plants 
can be shipped for thousands of 
miles without drying or. heating. 
The plants will reach you in just as 
‘good a condition as they were in 
when we sent them. 
We are working on this method 
of packaging for other items, and 
hope soon to be able to send out all 
nursery stock orders in this same 
plastic film. 
“MIDWEST'S LEADING SEEDHOUSE,” Shenandoah, lowa 
Glen Vauthrin, Melbourne, 
Ia., Wins H.F. Rose Trophy 
Above are pictures of Mr. Glen 
Vauthrin, Melbourne, Iowa, and the 
Henry Field Floribunda Rose 
Trophy. Mr. Vauthrin won the tro- 
phy at the Iowa Rose Society’s Rose 
Show, held in Des Moines, June 14, 
TO bids 
During the past few years we here 
at Henry Field’s have been of the 
opinion that more encouragement 
should be given to the growing of 
the lovely Floribunda roses—which 
we think are the ‘‘coming”’ roses. 
(In the past, most rose shows have 
usually given awards only to the 
Hybrid Tea roses.) 
So last year, to stimulate interest 
in Floribundas, we decided to pro- 
vide a trophy to be awarded an- 
nually by the judges of the Iowa 
Rose Society’s Rose Show to the per- 
son having, in the opinion of the 
judges, the best Floribunda rose in 
the show. 
Mr. .Vauthrin’s entry took. first 
place in the 1953 show and he be- 
came the first recipient of the tro- 
phy. 
If a person wins the trophy three 
times in succession, he becomes its 
permanent owner, and a new trophy 
will be presented to the winner the 
following year. The beautiful tro- 
phy is gold-plated, 20 inches in 
height, and will have the names of 
the winners engraved on it. 
The contest is open to members of 
the Iowa Rose Society. Anyone 
wishing to enter next year’s show 
should write directly to the lowa 
Rose Society, State House, Des 
Moines, Iowa. 
Ataturk—the Black Glad 
Piety. OU like : 
deep, heavy col- 
ors in Gladiolus, 
this is a variety 
you should have. 
It’s about as 
black as a flower 
can be. We im- 
ported it from 
Holland. 
The spikes are 
medium-long ° in 
size, with six to 
eight flowers 
open at a time. 
The flowers are three to four inches 
in diameter. Its color is a glisten- 
ing, velvety black with faint brown- 
ish shadings. Rest assured your 
neighbors will stop and. want to 
know all about it. 
No. BG202—Ataturk Gladiolus. 
Big, blooming-size bulbs. 35c each; 
3 tor $1.00, postpaid. 
All our nursery stock is state in- 
spected. 
Onions Average 1 Lb. Each 
The above picture was sent in to 
us by Mr. Henry C. Schultz, Rt. 1, 
Worth, Ill. Mr. Schultz said these 
were just a few of the fine onions 
he grew last summer. The biggest 
one weighed 2% pounds, with most 
of them averaging 1 pound or more. 
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