Henry Field’s Seed and 
Nursery Stock Guarantee 
Nursery Stock Guarantee 
We guarantee the nursery stock 
we send out to be completely satis- 
factory. If you are not pleased 
with it in every way when you re- 
ceive it, return it promptly, at 
our expense, and it will be re- 
placed 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 unsatisfactory 
through any fault of the stock if 
you notify us not later than August 
1, 1955. 
Garden Seed Guarantee 
We guarantee the vitality and 
purity of all seeds to full extent of 
the purchase price. We will replace 
them free of charge if they don’t 
please you in every way, or will re- 
fund the money you paid for them. 
However, since even with the high- 
est quality seeds and bulbs, garden- 
ing depends so much on soil, eli- 
mate and weather, we cannot and 
will not be liable for more than the 
purchase price of the seed. 
Non-Warranty 
_ The Henry Field Seed & Nursery 
Company warrants to the extent of 
the purchase price that seeds sold 
are as described on the container, 
within recognized tolerances; that 
the bulbs and plants sold are as de- 
scribed on the label. The company 
gives no other or further warranty, 
express or implied, 
“Charleston Grey” 
The Last Word in Watermelons 
705—This new va- 
= riety, developed by 
- the South Carolina 
Vegetable Breeding 
Laboratory, prom- 
ises to be one of the 
finest watermelons 
to date. The south- 
ern shippers have 
tried it and like it; 
you will too, 
It is resistant to 
both fusarium wilt 
and anthracnose. It 
is very uniform in 
shape, being long, 
with a light green 
net pattern (com- 
monly referred to 
as “orey’’). The 
flesh is deep red and 
the eating quality 
unsurpassed. It does not develop hol- 
low heart, is very productive, and its 
grey color makes it resistant to sun- 
burn. . 
25c per packet; 6Oc per ounce; 1.65 
per 14 lb., or 6.00 per Ib., postpaid. 
Chicks Doing Fine 
“Received my cockerels the 27th of 
April. They are doing fine and haven’t 
lost a chick. They are about the 
healthiest bunch of chicks I ever 
bought. Surely want to thank you for 
such prompt service. Also thanks for 
the glads.’”—Mrs. Ray I. Wallace, R.D. 
#5, Lisbon, Ohio. 
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. Orders are filled when stock 
is in best condition and during proper 
planting time. Garden seeds and non- 
perishable goods are sent immediately. 
But perennials, house plants, ever- 
greens, bulbs, ete., are sent in sep- 
arate 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. 
This is Pamela Sue Tipton, age 4, of 
4204 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis 15, Mo., 
standing in a corner of her garden she 
made from Henry Field’s 1c Conglom- 
eration Packet for children. From it 
she harvested 6 ears of sweet corn, 1 
lb. beans, about 40 yellow tomatoes, 12 
carrots, 6 beets, 12 radishes, lettuce, 
peas and parsley. 
36 
Here Mrs. Bruno Merchke, Route 1, 
Rolla, Mo., is looking at one of two 
Henry Field’s Red-Flesh Bush Cherry 
plants she bought five years ago. “This 
year,” says Mrs. Merchke, “they had 
about a bushel of plums on them, and 
they make very good jelly and pre- 
serves and are very good for pie.” 
They have bloomed every year too, she 
says. 
Field’s Now Offer Strawberry 
Plants Indexed U.S.D.A. 
Virus Free 
We are very happy to inform you 
that all of the June-bearing strawber- 
ries that we are offering in our cata- 
log this year, except where noted, are 
virus free. The growing of virus-free 
strawberries is a very complicated and 
lengthy process, but well worth while. 
The plants referred to as virus-free 
in our catalog have been field grown 
for us from virus-free foundation 
stock furnished by the United States 
Department of Agriculture of Belts- 
ville, Maryland. This field grown stock 
has been dusted with Parathion to 
control aphis which transmit the virus 
disease. It has also been grown a con- 
siderable distance from any other 
strawberry stock. 
There are three distinct types of 
virus diseases affecting strawberry 
plants, and any one or all of them 
weaken the plants to an extent where 
they become sickly and drop very 
sharply in their bearing qualities. 
Therefore it is certainly inadvisable 
to buy June-bearing strawberries in 
this day and age which are not in- 
dexed as “virus free.” 
Our new June-bearing variety 
“Jumbo” is not presented as virus-free 
because it is so new that the slow and 
tedious job of indexing this variety 
has not yet been completed. But we 
feel that the plants are so clean and 
vigorous, particularly since they area 
new variety, that there is very slight 
danger that there will be any virus in 
them. Undoubtedly within a year or 
two Jumbo will be indexed as a virus- 
free variety. 
You will note that none of the Ever- 
bearing varieties are indexed as virus- 
free, and that also is because the 
USDA first worked on the varieties 
most used in commercial planting, 
which are June-bearers, and has not 
yet completed the program of indexing 
the Everbearing berries. However, our 
Everbearing strawberries are grown 
by the same selection methods and 
with the same care, that all of the 
virus-free varieties are grown, and we 
feel positive that our Everbearing 
varieties are practically virus-free— 
certainly as virus-free as any similar 
varieties in the United States, As 
soon as the USDA completes its index- 
ing of Everbearing varieties, so they 
can be certified as virus-free, we will 
have them in our catalog. 
Scarlet Zinnia “Floradale” 
1286—A new and distinct Zinnia. 
Color a vivid scarlet. Unusually grace- 
ful flower form. Petals fluffy and 
eurled. Very uniform in size and eolor. 
Giant flowered. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c, 
postpaid. 
FREE FOR te 
FOR KIDS ONLY 
202—This 
is for the kids 
and how they 
love it. They 
can’t buy ev- 
er y.t hinge 
they’d like to 
raise so we 
have rolled 
100 packets 
into one and 
made a big 
mixture of 
every kind of 
garden and 
flower seed. 
It’s a giant y 
packet. It costs le. But it must be 
your own penny. Don’t ask the folks 
for it. , ; 
Write “Conglomeration Packet” on 
your folks’ order, slide in your 1e, and 
you'll be buying your OWN garden. 
This must come with your folks’ 
order, 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., “MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE,” Shenandoah, Iowa — 
YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THESE NEW PLANTS 
We have some outstanding new 
plants for you this year. To be sure 
you don’t miss reading about them, we 
are listing them here. Most of these 
plants are described and pictured else- 
where in this catalog; when this is so, 
we give you the page number to refer 
to. Some of them, however, are listed 
here only because we got them too late 
to show on pages with the other plants 
of their kind. 
As new and better plants are devel- 
oped and introduced, both in this coun- 
try and in many foreign countries, 
we bring them together for you here 
at Henry Field’s. 
Many of these new plants come to 
us directly from the originator. In 
fact, quite often the originator de- 
pends upon our judgment as_ to 
whether or not a plant deserves intro- 
duction. This makes us responsible 
both to the originator and you, so we 
do our best to cull out the plants that 
would not give you satisfaction, and 
accept those we feel would do well in 
your garden and give you pleasure. 
We describe these new plants as 
honestly and clearly as we can so if at 
times our descriptions seem a little 
too glowing it is only because we feel 
the new plants deserve it. 
Here are the new plants you'll want 
‘to know about: 
HOUSE PLANTS 
We are offering several new house 
plants this year but want particularly 
to call your attention to these three: 
African Violets “Kansas City Girl’ 
and “Holly,” both shown on page 84. 
“Blue Flame” Flame Violet shown 
on page 84, 
BERRIES 
“Black Hawk” Raspberry 
Black Hawk was developed by the 
late Professor T. J. Maney of Iowa 
State College at Ames, where it has 
been under test there for more than 
twenty years. Finally Dr. E. S. Haber 
of the Dept. of Horticulture decided it 
was superior to any black raspberry 
now grown in this area and released it 
for distribution this spring. We feel 
honored to be among the few nurseries 
now offering it for sale. 
In tests over a seven year period at 
the Experiment Station in _Council 
Bluffs, Iowa, Black Hawk out-yielded 
all other varieties and _ selections 
tested. In favorable years, it yielded 
over 5,000 pints per acre. 
It is a midseason late variety, usual- 
ly ripening about the first week in 
July at Ames, Iowa. The berries are 
large, many of them %” in diameter, 
and of excellent quality, either fresh 
or frozen, or when used in jams, pies 
or sauces. They have little or no tend- ~ 
ency to crumble. Black Hawk ranked 
above seven other varieties tested in 
this respect. . 
The plants are vigorous and 
branched strongly, thus providing a 
large amount of fruit area per cane 
and per plant. The fruit is borne well 
out on the surface where it may be 
picked easily. 
Black Hawk is well adapted to the 
climatic and soil conditions of the 
black raspberry growing regions of 
the midwest. Although not entirely 
resistant to Anthracnose, Black Hawk 
is much less seriously infected than 
other varieties. And even when dis- 
ease is present, the berries usually 
will mature. 
The commercial black raspberry 
growers have watched Black Hawk in 
tests for many years, and have eagerly 
awaited its release. So, if you want to 
be one of the first to have Black 
Hawk, we advise you to order early. 
Our supply for this year, and prob- 
ably for several years to come, will be 
limited. Ne. A2040, 3 for 98c; 6 for 
1.89; 25 for 6.98; 100 for 23.98, ppd. 
“Jumbo” Strawberry 
This is one of the heaviest yielding 
of all June-bearing strawberries. It is 
brand new but it looks to us as though 
it will crowd out most of the other 
June-bearers sooner or later. It is pic- 
tured and described on page 19, 
TREE FRUITS 
“Kuzzless Gold” Peach 
This is another of the creations of 
Dr. Fred HofMann of Omaha, Nebras- 
ka, who also created the well-known 
Fuzzless Berta peach. Fuzzless Gold is 
patented, and sold exclusively by the 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Fuzzless Gold, like Fuzzless Berta, 
has no fuzz, the skin being absolutely 
smooth, and as tender and delicious as 
that of a plum. However, Fuzzless 
Gold has all the size, fragrance, and 
quality of any fine peach. Its stone is 
very small, thus the greater part of 
the peach is rich, solid flesh. Its flavor 
will entrance you. 
Fuzzless Gold ripens about two 
weeks earlier than Fuzzless Berta, and 
has set tree-bending crops of beauti- 
ful fruit in Omaha, Nebraska, and has 
proven bud-hardy there in seasons 
when Elberta, Hale Haven and other 
well known varieties winter killed. It 
also has proved resistant to arsenical 
sprays, which means it may be sprayed 
to prevent curculio with much more 
freedom than other peaches. 
We urge you to try Fuzzless Gold if 
you live in an area where peaches can 
possibly be grown, No. A3405. 3 to 
‘white, which in itself is beautiful. But 
4-ft. size, 1.75 each; 4 to 6-ft. size, 
1.98 ench; 5 to 7-ft. size, 2.39 each. 
All postpaid. 7 a 
eh 
“Colette” Pear oe 
This not only is the one and on 
everbearing pear, but it has a wo 
derfully smooth and delicious flave 
Read about it on page 24, - 
HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWE 
4 Great New Chrysanthemums 
We are referring to new chrysan- 
themums Royal Velvet, Heart’s De- 
sire, Crimson Magic, and Mirage, 
one with the other ’mums on page 
These are originations of Mr. 
Mrs. Orville Dunham of Michiga 
ornamental flowers, they can har 
be excelled. They come the ee 
any outdoor-grown mum : 
seen to the huge “football’ 
grown in greenhouses and ofte 
at the football games. : : 
With any one of these varieties, if 
most of the buds are plucked off the 
stems, leaving only the terminal bud ‘ 
on each stem, the flowers will grow 6 
to 8 inches in diameter. They give you 
the most striking show mums your 
arden has ever seen. oe 
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Hardy Aster “Eventide” ; 
Be sure to read about it on page 60. 
Iris “Apricot Supreme” : 
This is a grand creation of Chester 
Tompkins of Sioux City, Iowa. We 
have “been watching it for several 
years, and have delayed listing it onl 
because up until this year it was sell- 
ing for $25.00 apiece. It was worth ite 
but we preferred to wait until the — 
price came down a little. ae >. 
The color is rich salmon pink, with 
a brilliant, full beard of very showy — 
apricot red. The petals are broad, and 
with heavy substance, The plant is a 
good grower (many of the new pinks | 
are not) and bears its large flowers on — 
tall stems. We think it is one of the 
finest of all new Iris. Ne. BI322. 7.00 — 
each, postpaid. 
Lythrum “Morden Gleam” 
We have long been interested in the _ 
Lythrum, or Loosestrife, family of 
plants because they will grow any- 
where under almost any condition. 
They will grow on hummocks in the 
swamp, and grow equally well upon 
parched dry soil out on the open 
plains. They do not spread and become 
weeds, but make a large, strong clump — 
which blooms almost continuously 
from early summer until fall. 
For many years we have wished 
that the hybridizers would improve 
the beauty of this plant’s flower. Now, — 
at long last, it has been done, by the 
Morden Experiment Station at Morden, — 
Manitoba, Canada. They have named — 
their new variety “Morden Gleam.” q 
Morden Gleam is the nearest to red 
of all Lythrums. It will grow in full 
sun or partial shade, and attain a 
height of about 3 feet. The flower 
spikes are made up of many small, 
brightly colored flowers. They are 
ideal for cutting and make a tremen-_ 
dous show in the garden over a lone 
period of time. Ma 
We can say without hesitation that — 
Morden Gleam is one of the finest of 
all perennial flowers. No. B2125. 69c 
each; 3 for 1.80, postpaid. q 
ROSES 
ab ; 
“Handsom Red”, a new Brownell Rose 
This is one of the most brilliantly 
colored roses yet put out by Mr. al- 
ter Brownell, the great rose hybrid- 
izer of Little Compton, R. I. Mr. Brow- 
nell’s hardy roses are fast becoming 
known all over the world. We have 
long been enthusiastic about them be- 
cause they will live under conditions 
too severe for common hybrid teas. 
We saw this rose in Mr. Brownell’s 
garden several years ago, when it was 
identified only by a number. Its color 
was so _ brilliant that we told Mr, 
Brownell we wanted to be among the 
first to have it when it was ready for 
introduction. We are, because it goes 
ae the market this spring for the first 
ime. pret # 
We know of no other rose that has _ 
as much brilliance as this one. Its | 
color is so intense that it is dazzling 
in sunlight. And no other rose has | 
such a rich, velvety sheen to set offits | 
glowing color. 
We like this rose so much that we 
will go along with Mr. Brownell and 
tell you that we will refund your pay-_ 
ment for the first bush of Handsom 
Red purchased from us if, after it has 
become well established, and begins to 
bloom as it should, you are not satis- | 
fied 100%. Ne. A1006. 3.00 each, post- | 
paid. : 
Hybrid Tea Rose “Neige Parfum” 
We picture and describe this new 
rose on page 76 but want to tell you a 
little more about it here. We tried for 
several years before obtaining this | 
rose, even though it is not patented. ; 
Neige Parfum is a rose of purest 
what we admire most about it is its — 
breath-taking fragrance. A perfume 
maker would barter his soul to be able 
to reproduce it. It is claimed by many 
rose experts to be the most fragrant 
of all roses, which is particularly un- 
usual in a white rose because normally tl 
