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\Y/ E HAVE OFTEN been requested by our customers to make
out for them a list of seeds suitable for a general garden and
the above is the result. It contains what our experience has
shown us to be the very best sorts and in about the right
amounts for the avei age garden. These are not the small
skimpy packets usuatly put into collections, but enough to do
some good. Notice the amounts. They are the very best
seeds that can be bought, and are tested and guaranteed as
all our seeds are. They are from our regular stock and we know that if
you try us once by taxing advantage of this offer you will become a reg-
ular customer.

HENRY FIELD, SEEDSMAN,

SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

TEAR OUT ORDER HERE AND MAIL TO US. REER CATALOG TO SHOW HOW TO PLANT.

ORDER SHEET

HENRY FIELD, SEEDSMAN

SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

PLEASE SEND THE ORDER GIVEN BELOW TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS

Name :

Town

County State

QUANTITY

ARTICLES WANTED

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Please Write Here the Names an d Addressess of a Few Friends Who Would Pro-
bably be Customers* Ask for extra packet of seeds for your trouble.

NAME

TOWN

STATE

EXTRA SEEDS

We always have some
varieties we wish tested
and we have made a prac-
tice of sending- these out
in small samples to our
customers for trial. We
also send out free packets
of flower seeds, as we love flowers ourselves and wish everyone else
to have plenty. Here is the list for this year. Pick out what you
want at the rate of one packet to each 25c of your order. Order by
number only.

A New Watermelon.

A New Muskmelon.

Popcorn for the boys.

A Lima Bean that will bear,

A New Winter Squash.

Rape, the great new forage plant.

The three great varieties of field corn
originated and sold in this town,
Armstrong's Yellow Rose.

Ratekin's Pride of the Nishna.

9 West's Improved Legal Tender.

10 A hardy upland cotton that is said to
produce cotton in any northern states.

FLOWERS

1 1 Sweet Peas, fine mixed.

12 Mignonette.

13 California Poppy or Eschscholtzia,

14 Pinks.

15 Sweet Alyssum.

g Remember, one of these extra for each 25c of order. Order by No.

STRICTLY BUSINESS: We come

before you with this modest cata-
log soliciting your patronage, and
I believe that if you will give us a hear-
ing, we can convince you that it will be
to your advantage to deal with us.

What We Sell

Seeds, seed potatoes and small-fruit
plants. If you want seed corn or nur-
sery stock (other than small-fruit) we
advise you to deal with specialists in
those lines, You wTill find good ones in
this same town, probably the best ones
to be found anywhere. But on any-
thing in our line wre will not take a back
.seat for anyone.

The Man Who Sells

HENRY FIELD, SEEDSMAN

Prices

Our prices will be found as low
as good reliable seeds can be sold at.
All seeds aie priced by weight (ex-
cept beans, peas, and corn, which
are sold by the quart and pint) and
where a less quantity is wTanted than
the amount named it will be sold at
the same rate. We sell you good
honest seeds in any amount dowrn to a
nickle’s worth as cheaply as you
could buy bulk seeds of doubtful
quality at the stores, and while we
do not sell less than five cents worth
of anything, our five cent package
will be found in many cases to be
three to five times as large as the
three and four cent packages of some
of the so-called “cheap” seedsmen.

The proprietor, Henry Field, is a
practical market-gardener and he has
worked with vegetables and fruit all
his life. He personally oversees
every detail of the business and gives
his customers the benefit of his life-
time experience in such matters. Is
it not better to buy of such a man
than from some city bred man w'ho
has no practical knowledge of what
he sells?

How We Sell

Honestly. The seeds are sold by
weight and measure entirely. No
guess work about how much a
“packet” will be. We tell you plain-
ly in the price-list and on the pack-
age the exact quantity you may ex-
pect. We do not claim to have the
only good seeds to be had — you would
not believe us if we did — but we do
claim to have as good seeds as you

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

can buy anywhere at any price— pure,
sure to grow, and good honest meas-
ure— what more can you ask?

Quality.

This is the all-important thing
to consider in buying seeds. We
handle only one grade — the best to
be had— and guarantee it to be satis-
factory. We do not, as some seeds-
men do, claim to grow all of our own
seeds. It could not be done. We
can and do grow some items to per-
fection here and the others are grown
by experienced specialists in other
jparts of the country.

All seeds are carefully tested and
if not entirely reliable are thrown
out. We know that every package
of seeds we send out is just right. In
our six years in the seed business we
could count on the fingers of one
hand the dissatisfied customers.

Guaranteed Seeds

Perhaps you have noticed that
most seedsmen refuse to guarantee
their seeds. Maybe there is a good
reason for it. We are not afraid to
trust ours. Here is the guarantee we
used last year and we use it again
this year:

Guarantee — These seeds are from
the best growers^ have been carefully
tested, and are guaranteed both in
quality and quantity, in that I will
replace free any not found satisfac-
tory.

Of course we can not guarantee
a big crop, no one can do that, but
we guarantee the seeds to be of good
vitality, pure, and true to name. If
you and the wTeather do your parts
the seeds will not disappoint you.

Varieties.

We do not believe in a long list
of varieties. In our experience in
market-gardening we have tried al-
most everything in the catalogs and
have discarded most of them. They
may be all right in the East but not
here. The sorts we offer are the ones
we have found to do well here and
are the ones we use ourselves. We
know them to be the best for this
soil and climate. If there is some-
thing you especially want and we do
not list it we will get it for you, but
depend on it, if it is not in our list
there is a reason why.

Descriptions.

The brief notes added to the list
of sorts give our actual experience
with them. There’s no guess work
about it. We’ve raised them our-
selves and know just what they will
do. We have aimed to make these
notes as true and impartial as possi-
ble, and they may seem tame after
reading the glowing accounts in some
catalogs, but they have the great ad-
vantage of being true. The illustra-
tions are from photographs taken
from our garden.

Location.

We are located near the town of
Shenandoah, in the Nishna Botna
Valley of Southwestern Iowa. Ev-
erything grows to perfection here
and wTe consider it the garden spot
of the world. The garden and resi-
dence, Sleepy Hollow Farm, is one-
fourth mile south of the town, and
Mr. Field will always be found there
ready to answer questions in person,
by mail, or by telephone. The three

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

lines of railroad centering here give j
us excellent shipping facilities.

Reference

As to our standing and reliabil-
ity we refer you to the Commercial j
Savings Bank of this city or to any !
of our business men.

Free Delivery

We send all seeds prepaid at the j
prices given in this book. Purchaser |
pays the transportation charges on
potatoes and plants except where !
otherwise stipulated.

Free Packing

We make no charge for sacks,
boxes or packing. Many other seeds-
men make an extra charge for all of
these.

Send Money

By draft, money order, or regis-
tered letter. Don’t send personal
checks or. loose money. Stamps are
all right.

Now — Are you ready to look through
our list of sorts and make out your
order? We’ll be pleased to show you
through. Henry Field."

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ASPARAGUS,

Most people hesitate to plant this
most delicious vegetable because they
imagine it is hard to grow, but this
is a great mistake. Plant early in
rich ground and tend well, and it will
make a quick growth.

Columbian Mammoth White — A new

and distinct variety, having pure white
stalks, very large and tender. It is also very
early and is a great improvement over other
sorts.

Conover’s Collossal — The standard sort.
Large green stalks, early and tender.

PRICES— Oz. 10c, one-half oz. 5c.

BEANS,

Our seed beans are all grown in
Northern Michigan by one of the best
growers known. They are free from
weevil, are unusually plump, hardy
stock, at least a week earlier than
beans grown here.

Beans — Dwarf,

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax (See cut) —
Very early and hardy; long, straight, yel-
low* pods, generally 6 or 8 inches long in
\ great profusion. Free from rust. Probably
the best known of its sort.

Davis’ White Kidney Wax — Much like
above but longer pods, pure, white seed
and sometimes not so tender. Specially
good for canning.

Challenge Black Wax— An improve-
ment on the old black wax. Enormously
productive of round tender pods. Very
early.

Golden Wax— Much like Wardwell’s but
smaller pods and more of them. Very pop-
ular.

WARDWELL’S KIDNEY WAY BEAN.

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

Stringless Green Pod — Introduced late-
ly by Burpee. The best green podded bean
known. Of very fine flavor and absolutely
stringless. Long, straight, green pods; good
yielder.

Round Pod Valentine — The well known
green podded sort. Very early and produc-
tive. Earlier than above, but not quite so
tender.

Henderson’s Bush Lima — Earliest and
most productive olT'air the bush Limas. In
fact, the only one we have ever made a suc-
cess. Small, white, flat seeds, and a true
bush about a foot high.

Beans — Pole.

Extra Early Lima — Earliest of all pole
’beans. Pure white seeds, enormously pro-
lific. Has never failed yet to make a good
crop in spite of all sorts of weather. The
only one that is a thorough success here

Cutshort or Cornhill — The old favorite
for planting in corn. Red speckled seed,
long, slender pods. Will climb on corn or
:poles. Good yielder.

Dutch Case Knife — Climbs like above,
but has much larger pure white seeds and
larger pods. Will outfield any sort I know
of and is early.

Lazy Wife— Well known but too late to
■do well here. Try case knife instead.

King Lima,— The very large seeded Lima
bean. Largest and best of all Lima beans,
but late and gets caught by the frost some-
times.

Horticultural or Cranberry — The old-
fashioned ‘bird egg” bean of our grand-
mothers. Fine to shell out. Very rich
flavor.

Beans — Field.

Whits' Wonder — The best one I know of.
Heavy yielder, free from rust and ripens up
evenly. Has yielded 40 bushels per acre for
us.

PRICES— Challenge Black Wax, Golden
Wax, Round Pod Valentine, White
wonder: Qt. 25c, pt. I5c, £ pt. 8c.

All others listed: Qt. 35c, pt. 20c, £
pt. 10c.

The following sorts are failures for us:
Yosemite Wax, Saddle Back Wax, Early Clus-
ter Pole. Early Mohawk, Jackson's ■ Wonder,
Burpee's Bush Lima, JJreer's Bush Lima, Gi-
ant Wax.

DO YOU KNOW BEANS? If you

do look over our list and see what
you think of it.

Tabic Beets

1/ Eclipse (3)—

(See cut.) Rou-
nd,smooth and
tender. Very
•early. The best
and most pop-
ular early beet
known. If you
want a late
one, plant this
•one late or buy
Long Blood.

^jEgyptian(2)

— Much like
above, but flat-
ter shape and
not so smooth.

Wery dark red
dffilor.

nsiood Tur-
nip (5) — T h e
•old standby;
too well known
to need de-
scription.

IrLong Blood— The well known long red
table beet. Late, tender when young, keeps
well for winter use.

PRICES — Table Beets: One-fourth lb.
20c, oz. 8c. one-half oz. 5c.

SEED POTATOES AND SMALfL FRUIT PLANTS

STOCK BEETS OR MANGELS.

^Long Red Mangel (4) — Very large. Will
make more cow feed to the acre than any-
thing else you can raise. Plant early, rows
wide apart and very t hick in t^e row. Thin
to six inches and tend like corn.

| ^Sugar Beet (1)— Imperial. Not so large
as above but richer. Can be planted closer.

PRICES — Stock and Sugar Beets: l lb.
35c, 3 lbs. $1, i lb. 10c, oz. 5c.

CABBAGE.

Our cabbage seed is grown for us under contract by one of the best
growers in the world and you can
depend on getting the finest stock
from us that you ever saw. We do
not, as some seedsmen do, tack our
own name on every variety, but if
there is any better cabbage seed to be had we do not know of it. In our
gardening business we have been noted for having the finest cabbage in
the country and our big load shown in the picture has probably never been
beaten.

YOU'RE DUTCH enough to like
cabbage. The seed we sell will
raise cabbage to “beat the Dutch.”

LOAD OF SUREHEAD CABBAGE GROWN BY

CAN YOU

Early Cabbage.

Early Jersey Wakefield — This is the
best very early cabbage known and has held
its place against all the flashy novelties for
a quarter of a century. There are a few
earlier, such as Etampes, Express, Light-
ning. and various other earliest, but they
are all either too small or too soft to be of
any use. The Wakefield is a fair size, some-
times weighing 8 to 10 pounds, pointed, very
early and solid. Seed scarce this year.

All Head Early (See cut)— Not quite so
early as above, but much larger, making a

US. ONE HUNDRED HEADS TO THE TON.
BEAT IT?

solid, flat head, the size and shape of a late
cabbage. We have raised them to weigh IT
pounds trimmed. The one shown weighs 11
pounds. Like the Wakefield remarkably
sure to head and very hardy but does not
burst as bad and is about 3 to 5 days later.

KEEP THE WORMS off your cab-
bage by using air-slacked lime.
This advice costs you nothing and
it won’t cost you much to try it.

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

Premium Flat Dutch— The best strain
of this old standby. Large flat heads, vig-
orous growth and good keepers.^ S3 SLJ
Drumhead — A large, very flat, wide cab-
bage, sometimes coarse, always large.

Red Cabbage— For pickling.

Hollander — Also called “Solid Emperor'’
and “Danish Ballliead. ” A new winter cab-
bage which has taken the eastern market
by storm. Medium size, late and very solid.
Fine quality and said to keep until cabbage
comes again. We have the true stock im-
ported direct from Denmark.

PBICES—Oz. 20c, one-fourth oz. 5c, one-
fourth lb. 50c for all varieties except
Wakefield, All-Head and Hollander
which are: Oz. 25c, one-fifth oz. 5c,
one-fourth lb. 75c.

EARLY JERSEY ALL HEAD

Early Winningstat — An old favorite,
much like Wakefield. Same size and shape
but about ten days later

NOTICE— Last winter we run short
of our regular stock of Surehead
cabbage and being unable to get
any more from our grower we se-
cured a few pouuds from another
seedsman. We were in a hurry,
and supposing it was of course all
right we put it up without testing
it (as we should have done). We
have since had several complaints
of it and have reason to believe it
was not up to standard. If you
got some of this seed let us know
and we w7ill give you a double size
packet free in place of it. We
have a big stock this year from our
regular growTer and know it’s all
right.

Summer Cabbage.

Henderson’s Summer — Looks like Flat
Dutch but smaller and earlier.

CARROTS.

Ox-Heart— An early, short carrot, es-
pecially for table use.

Long Red — Later and larger than the
above, sometimes grows a foot long.

Half-long Orange — Medium size, good
quality, the celebrated carrot of the East-
ern market.

White Belgian — A very large sort grown
only for stock. It is said to yield twenty
tons to the acre.

P BICES Oz. 15c, one-third oz. 5c.

CAULIFLOWER.

Early Snowball— The very best kind of
Cauliflower known. A sure header. Plant
and tend like early cabbage. We sell the
very best of Danish seed.

PB1CES — Packet of aboutlionefihundred
seeds 10c.

CELERY.

This should be more generally
grown and would be if people real-
ized how easy it is. We give full in-
structions with every packet of seeds

All Season’s — A large, flat cabbage of
the drum head type. One of the Jargest
grown but not late enough to keep well for
winter.

Late Cabbage.

Sure-Head (See cut)— One of the best all- 1 her and not quite so large,
round cabbage known. Large, solid heads and sweet,
deeper and heavier than Flat Dutch. White
and fine grained, keeps well for winter use.

Certain to head. In short, it can’t be beat.

Golden Self-Bleaching — The easiest to
grow and one of the best in quality. Me-
dium size, creamy color, healthy and vigor-
ous. Will bleach itself if shaded.

White Plume — Much like above but ear-

Very tender

BICES— Oz. 25c, one-fifth oz. 5c.

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

EVERGREEN CUCUMBER

White Spine — A large, very smooth cucum-
ber, especially fine for slicing. Turns
white when lipe instead of yellow.

| For the bugs try Tobacco Dust* We

I sell it. The bugs don’t like the
j smell of it and immigrate to the
| next county.

CUCUMBER*

Early Cluster — The well known, short,
early pickle. Generally grows in pairs.
Can be planted in June for late pickles.

Evergreen — (See cut)— The best pickling
sort. Smooth, dark green, straight, me-
dium size. Fine for early slicers, in short,
the best general purpose sort known.

Long Green— The old-fashioned, long, al-
most seedless cucumber. In dry weather
sometimes gets tough.

Chicago Pickle — Grown extensively by the
pickle factories. Short, straight, medium
size.

PRICES — Oz. 10c ; half-oz. 5c; quarter lb. 20c.

SWEET CORN*

There are many good va-
rieties of sweet corn but
there is no need of growing
them all. The ones here
listed will, be found to be
the very best and cover the
entire season.

WHITE CORY

First of All— A small, early corn
much like Cory. Probably the
earliest one known. Grain is
slightly red. Grows about
waist high and is generally
ready about July 4th.

White Cory — As early as the
above, or nearly so and has the
advantage of being pure white
and a larger ear. The best of
the extra early varieties.

Early Champion— About ten
days later. Long, sweet ears
like the other sorts. Is gone before the
Evergreen is ready. Is the equal of any of
the later sorts in all except size and is quite
early.

Early Minnesota — A well known second
early. Much like Champion but not so
large

Evergreen— The standard big, late sweet
corn. Very tender and sweet. Deep
grain. The sort to use for drying or can-
ning.

Zigzag Evergreen — A strain of the above
having the grains set on the cob “hit and

CHAMPION
‘ ‘Just right to cook.

EVERGREEN

miss” instead of in rows. Otherwise the
same.

Cou ntry Gentl em an ( Shoe Peg, Ne Plus Ultra)
— A small, late variety with long, slender
grains set zigzag on the cob. Very sweet
but small ears.

PRICES— Qt. 25c; pt. 15c; half pt. 8c.

Wa-Keeney, Kansas:— Do you sell flower seeds as
well as vegetable seeds? If so I would be pleased to
order from you, as I know they would be good and I
do not know the reliability of Chicago firms.

Mrs. Walter Olson.

Prices include free delivery except where noted.

For larger quantities than here given write for special prices

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

EGG PLANT*

This delicious vegetable should be more
largely grown. Tend like tomatoes and it
is just as easy to get a crop.

New York Purple— The best sort. Large, smooth,
thornless, dark purple.

PRICES— Oz. 25c; one-fifth oz. 5c.

Plant your

LETTUCE*

lettuce in rich

ground, the

richer the better, and if you want it to head

thin it out to a foot each way.

Simpson— (Black seeded), ' (see cut)— The best early
lettuce. Does not make a true head but loose,
fluffy bunch of leaves. Light green or
cream color. Very tender and sweet and
grows very quickly.

Prize Head — Like above except in color
which is a mixture of green and red. Very
tender and grows very quickly.

Hanson— The very best curled head lettuce.

Dark green outside and creamy inside.

Cal. Cream Butter— A large head lettuce
with smooth leaves like cabbage. Makes

SIMPSON LETTUCE

a flat head, size and shape of late cabbage.
The leaves inside of the head are of a
beautiful creamy color and very rich and
buttery in flavor. This is the best of all
the so-called cabbage lettuce. ; 1

Mixed Lettuce— All the above and some
besides in mixture. Give a great variety
for a small price.

PRICES- All varieties: oz. 15c; one-third oz. 5c.

MUSTARD*

Chinese Curled — Used for greens. It
makes a large, tender, curled leaf, very
early. The best of all the improved
varieties of mustard.

MUSK MELON*

Our musk melon seeds are grown
under contract for us in the sandy
land of Northern Nebraska by a
man who grows nothing but mel-
ons. We find that the seeds from
there make earlier, hardier and
better melons than the home
grown. It is from selected melons,
not culls, is pure and true to type.
We will not take a back seat for anyone on our melon. seeds.

PRICES — Oz. 10c; half-oz. 5c.

Emerald Gem — Probably the sweetest
melon grown. It is of the nutmeg type-
small, dark green skin, and thick, yellow
flesh. It is always good and its rich, spicy
flavor is not equaled by any melon, large
or small. It is very early and produces
enormously, usually about a dozen melons

to the vine. Except for size it is the best
melon grown.

Rocky Ford— (Burpee’s Netted Gem)— The
most famous nutmeg in the market. Quite
small but very prolitic, heavily netted,
very early, and always good. It is light
yellow when ripe and has green flesh. For

Prices include free delivery except where noted. For larger quantities than here given write for special prices

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

persons who like green flesh mel-
ons this will be found eqyal to
the Emerald Gem.

Perfection — (See cut)— Best <>f all
the large musk melons. VERY
large, often selling in our market
for 15c each. Very thick, yellow
flesh of high quality. Taken all
in all this is the best musk melon
grown and always takes first
prize wherever shown.

Hackensack — Much like the above
except that it is green fleshed.
Heavily netted and very hand-
some in appearance. This and
Perfection make a pair hard to

beat.

Paul Rose— A celebrated melon in the j
Chicago market. A cross between the
Osage and Netted Gem. Medium size,
yellow flesh, well netted and of handsome :
appearance. Shape and color of Osage.
This is the melon I sent out free last year.

Nutmeg — The o 1 d favorite. Flattened
shape, green flesh, early and sweet and
too well known to need description.

Bananna — A long, slender, banana shaped
melon. Sometimes grows to be two feet
long. Yellow flesh, fair quality.

‘ ‘store” seeds on this important crop.
You can get good seed of us at about
the same price. All of the varieties
listed below are good ones that we
grow ourselves for market. You
could shut your eyes and pick a' good
one. All have bright red flesh.

Cole’s Early— The earliest. Small, round*
or oblong, black seed, striped like a Cuban
Queen but of better quality. Very thin
rind.

P BICES — All Melons: Oz. 10c; half -oz. 5c;
quarter-lb. 25c.

WATERMELONS,

What I said about our musk melon
seed applies to the watermelons
which are grown by the same
Don’t

Florida Favorite — Best early melon. Very
sweet and tender. A long slender melon
of medium size. White seeds. Always.
bears well and always good. The earliest
melon of its size.

Fordhook Early— Largest early melon.
Dark green, good quality quite large.
This is the melon I sent out free last year.

Mclvor’s Wonderful Su-
gar (see cut)— A long
melon looking much like
the old Rattlesnake but
much better quality and:
larger. Ripens just af-
ter the first earlies.
Large, very prolific and
very fine quality. With
the possible exception of
the Kleckley it is the
sweetest melon known.
In fact there is in our
opinion no melon with
more good points. White
Seeded.

Sweetheart — A large
white melon. Medium
in season, round, fine ap-
pearance and good qual-
ity. Will average larger
and sell higher than any
melon we ever raised.
Always good quality and

THE McIVOR
In its Native Home

Prices include free delivery except where noted.

For larger quantities than here given write for special prices.

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

never hollow. Can’t be beat for a market
melon.

Kleckley — A new variety of extra quality.
Shape and color of the Old Mountain
Sweet but larger. It is, in our opinion,
the sweetest melon grown. Very thin
skin and breaks easily in handling, so
does not carry well to market. . Uniform
in size and very prolific. White seeds.

The following sorts are too well known to
need describing: Ice Cream , or Bark Icing;
Dixie , Cuban Queen , Hungarian Honey , Phin-
ney: s Early.

Let your boys have a chance with our melon seeds
to make their spending money.

ONIONS,

Our onion seed is all
American grown. We
do not use the cheap, in-
ferior, imported stock.

Plant your onion seed
very early, the earlier the
better, for a good stand.

Plant six pounds to acre.

Red Weathersfield- (6)

The standard big, flat,
red onion. Good qual-
ity and a good keeper.

More extensively grown
than any other variety.

Globe Red Weathers-
field-(7S Is a perfect
globe shape of the same
popular onion. Other-
wise the same.

Prize Taker-(l) — Very
large, mild and tender.

Will outyield and out-
sell any other variety.

This is also called Spanish King and is the
same big onion seen in the round cornered
crates in the fruit stores in the winter.
Silver King-(5) — A large, flat white onion
of Italian origin. Can’t stand the dry
weather.

Silver Skin or Portugal— A round white
onion, fair size. Used for white sets.
Yellow Globe l>anvers-(4) — A yellow Am-
erican onion of medium size. A good

keeper and very popular in the eastern
markets. We have the true strain.

New Queen-(3) — A small, flat, white onion.
Very tender and sweet. Yery early. This
is the sort used for pickles.

P BICES — Bed Weathersfield and Yellow
Globe Danvers: Oz. 15c; third-oz. 5c: i lb. 50c
Other varieties: Oz. 20c; fourth-oz. 5c;ilb. 50c

ONION SETS,

Our sets are the bottom sets
raised from seed and are the
very best to be had. We do not
sell or recommend the top sets
as these are earlier and make
larger, sweeter onions. We can
furnish red, yellow or white all
at the same price. If in need of
sets by the peck or bushel write
for prices.

Free delivery, mail or express.

P BICES — Sets: Qt. 18c;
2 qt. 35c.

Tender and True, is what our
Onions always are.

Prices include free delivery except where noted. For larger quantities than here given write for special prices

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

A PAGE OF GOOD PUMPKINS AND SQUASHES.

Some

Pumpkins

Yon might
just as well
raise them
as not. Put
i n a few
hills where
the corn is
missed and
it’s done.

PUMPKINS,

Mammoth-(l) — This is the big pumpkin or
squash to which every seedsman tacks
some fancy name. It often grows to
weigh 100 pounds or more. It will make
a larger yield per acre than any other va-
riety.

Large Cheese-(2) — The flat, cream-colored
well known “sweet pumpkin.” Large,
good for table use or stock.

Small Sugar — Very sweet and tender.
Looks like a Yankee pumpkin but much
smaller and entirely different in quality.
Very prolific and the best kind known
for pies.

Yankee Field — The big yellow cow pump-
kin. Can be raised in the corn and makes
the best and cheapest pig feed known.
Notice our low prices.

SQUASHES,

Warty Hubbard-(4) — The best strain of
the popular Hubbard, which has held its
place for thirty years as the best winter
table squash. Rough, dark green shell,
very hard. Keeps all winter, very sweet
and dry. This is true to type and will

make you think of the good Hubbards of
twenty years ago.

Orange Marrow-(6) — Same size and shape
as Hubbard but much earlier and yellow
skinned. Soft shelled and good quality*
Not so dry as Hubbard but better for pies*

Essex Hybrid-(5) — The old-fashioned
“Turk’s Turban.” Sweet, fine grained^
good quality.

Cushaw — The old “Crookneck” which has
always been so popular. Nearly all meat
and very few seeds. Green and white in
color.

Fordhook-(3) — A small, fall or winter
squash, very much the size and shape of
a large cucumber. Enormously produc-
tive. Best quality of any small squash
known and will keep all winter.

Summer Bush Scallop — The well known
summer “pattypan” or “cymelon.” In-
tended to be cooked when green.

PRICES: Yankee Field , 1 lb. 25c; one-

fourth lb. 10c, 5 lbs. $1. Large Cheese, Oz.
5c. one-fourth lb. 15c; lb. 40c, other varieties:
oz. 10c; half-oz. 5c; fourth-lb. 25c.

Douglas, Neb.— The seed came through all O. K.
If my health will permit 1 will try and sell more
next year. 0. A. Smith.

Cook, Neb.— Would like to make arrangements
with yoh to handle your garden seeds again this
coming fall and winter. N. B. Yarwood.

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HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

PARSLEY*

Moss Curled— The best variety.

Price: Oz. 25c; fifth-oz. 5c.

PARSNIPS*

Many people cannot get parsnip seed to
.grow well. It should be planted very early,
when the ground is cool and there will be no
trouble. It must of course be fresh seed as
parsnip seed will not grow if old.

Hollow Crown or Long Smooth — The
standard sort, lung, smooth, tender and
sweet.

Improved Half-Long — Much like above
but shorter and heavier. Fine quality.

PRICES— Oz. 10c; half-oz. 5c; fourth-lb. 20c

AGENTS WANTED— We want
good live agents in every locality,
where we are not already repre-
sented, to sell seeds, potatoes, etc.,
for us. We don’t want “chronic
agents” but good live gardeners
and farmers, who have some spare
time in the winter and can take
orders among their neighbors.
There’s good money in it and it
gets better every year. You
might as well make some money
this winter as to sit by the fire and
loaf. Write and ask about it.

PEPPERS*

peppers should be planted
in a box in the house as they
do not come up well outdoors
* or if they do will be too late.
Cayenne-^)—1 The red hot
kind, very prolific. Good
to chop up in pickles.

Mubv King-(l) — The large,
sweet, mango pepper, grows
very large and is entirely
free ft < m any hot taste. To
be used green.

<io!deu Queen - (2) — Much
like above but yellow when
ripe.

PRICES: — Oz. 25c; fifth-
oz. 5c.

Mt. Etu la.— Received seeds just four days after
ordering them and was much pleased with the
quahtityas well as the quality. They were large
.-and fresh and came up splendidly. Will order from
you in the future. Mrs. W. .J. Drennan.

Northboro, la.— Find enclosed check for seeds in
full. What I have planted are coming up nicely,
and I am well pleased. Joe Foster.

Brock, Neb.— Will plan for a bigger spring’s work
aaex-t year selling seeds. Joseph N. Bunn.

THOSE BOYS would enjoy rais- |
mg’ a patch of melons. Buy some f
good seed and set them to work. 1
Better do that than have them j
stealing- from the neighbors.

NOT MANY varieties in onr list
but all good ones. We know for
we’ve raised them and sorted out
the poor ones.

Buckner. Mo. — Received my flower seeds today. It
looks like my dollar's worth would plant an acre.

Bird Raster.

Blanchard, la.— Have had good success. With
fair roads can sell an average of .$20 per day. Did
not lose a house the first day. Send another order
book. Geo. Blanchard.

Tecumseli, Neb.- -I want to thank you for the lib-
eral measure on the seeds. If they are as good in
germinating qualities as in liberality of packages I
will look for a bountiful crop. C. V. D.

/Prices include free delivery except where noted. For larger quantities than here given write for special prices.

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

IMPROVED EXTRA EARLY PEAS
1. May 1st. 2. May 15th.

3. May 31st.

PEAS*

Our stock of peas is especially line. It is
grown in northern Michigan and is exceed-
ingly vigorous and hardy. There are no
weevils in it either, or at least very few. We
do not name a long list but the ones we
name cover the entire season, from earliest
to latest, and are all the best of their season.
Improved Extra Early— This is the brag
extra early to which every seedsman gives
first place, usually under some high sound-
ing name of his own. it is the very best
early pea and the earliest. Grows about
knee high and yields enormously of me-
dium sized pods* It is very hardy and can
plant it as early as ground can be worked
in the soring and will bear in spite of any
sort of weather. Generally ready to pick
by May 25th to 30th. ( >ur picture shows
three photos of our field of over an acre of
this variety taken May 1st, May 15th and
May 30th. *

Tom Thumb — Much like the above but
smaller. Grows 6 to 8 inches high. We
have the true strain.

Nott’s Excelsior — The earliest wrinkled
sort. Very dwarf and very sweet, is is
as large and as sweet as any of the late
peas, and almost as early as the earliest.
Grows 8 to 10 inches high. Do not plant
this or any other wrinkled pea until the
ground is warm or they will rot.
Premium Gem— A well-known, half dwarf

NO WEEVILS in our peas and
beans. How are yours? Better
look.

second early, wrinkled pea. Grows abou
knee high. Very productive and sweet
Not quite so early as Nott’s Excelsior but
will yield two or three times as many peas
and will bear longer.

Everbearing— Half dwarf, late, very large
peas. Larger and sweeter than marrow-
fat and requires no stakes. Bears all sum-
mer nearly.

Marrowfat— The old-fashioned late garden
pea. Smooth and fair quality. Very
hardy.

Champion of England — Much like above
but wrinkled and sweeter. Has mostly
taken the place of marrowfat in our trade.

PRICES — Marrowfat and Champion of
England: Pt. 15c; half-pt. 8c; qt. 25c.

All other varieties: Pt. 20c; half-pt. 10c;
qt. 35c.

Deer Ridge, Mo. — As we were all well pleased with
the potatoes last year, I wish to try your garden
seeds. M. M. Shumaker.

Tecumseh, Neb. — The entire amount of seeds
checked up in fine shape, and not a dissatisfied cus-
tomer. Nearly all speak of ordering from you again
next year. H. Douglas.

Sioux Rapids, la.— The seeds sell well. Think. I
will do much better next year, M. S. Stevens.

Delavan, Mo. — Seeds received safely and I am well
pleased with them. G. G. Pratt.

Conway, la*— We were all well pleased with your
seeds last year and as there is no one here selling
them I will send you a few orders if you will send
one of your catalogs. Clint Powell.

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HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

Tecumseh, Neb.— Enclosed find draft for $12.75 for
the potatoes. Everything was O. K. H. Douglas.

RADISHES*

Our radish seed is all French
grown. Radish seed saved in this
country is not at all satisfactory
as the radishes are inclined to bo
hot and to run to seed too soon.
The French stock is earlier and
will stand longer without becom-
ing unfit for use.

All Season’s Mixture — A mix-
ture of all the best sorts, mostly
early. We have pushed the mix-
ture for several years and it has
always given splendid satisfac-
tion. Buy an ounce or two and
make one planting and you will
have radishes all summer.

Round Red — Very early, tend el-
and sweet. Sells better on our
market than any other radish.

Yery small tops.

Round White — Like above but
white and not so sweet.

French Breakfast — The well-
known white tipped, half long,
early radish. Yery bender but
gets pithy quick.

Long Scarlet — The best long red
early Radish.

Lady Finger — A long, slender,
pure white radish. Does not
get pithy easily. Yery popular.

Chartier — Much like above but pink and
white in color. Stands well through the
summer and is the best late radish in the
list.

Strasburg — A very large white radish, very
late, egg shape. N ever gets pithy. Often
will weigh eight pounds. Can be cooked
like a turnip.

PBICPS— Oz. 10c, i oz. 5c. I lb. 25c.

SALSIFY OR VEGETABLE OYSTER

Plant and tend like parsnips. Yery easy
to grow if you keep the weeds out. Plant
very early and eat in the fall and winter, or
they can be left in the ground over winter
like" parsnips.

Mammoth Sandwich Island — The best sort.
Good size and as smooth as any variety
ever is.

RADISHES ought to suit you. You 1
can raise them with so little work.
They don’t have to be weeded.

Prairie City, la.— Seeds came O. K. Some planted
are up and doing nicely. Arthur Graham.

Riverton, la. — Receive^ your plants O. K. and am
very well pleased with the way you have treated
me, and I will do you a good turn some day.

G. H. Magaw.

Johnson, Neb.— I believe the seeds will prove all
right and if so can very easy sell several hundred
dollars worth next year. The potatoes look good.

J. Shellenberg.

Shoshone, Idaho.— I am well pleased with the
seeds I bought of you ’last spring. They all grew
and I can recommend your seeds as the most satis-
factory for quantity and quality I ever bought.

J. W. Wheeler.

HOME GROWN OYSTERS— How

does it strike you? They’re all
right, too.

PBICPS— Oz. 15c, i oz. 5c; 4 lb. 40c.

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SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

TOMATOES*

Our tomato seed is grown by experts
from choice, pure stock, and is NOT
“canning factory stock’ ’ as some of the
cheap seed is.

Dwarf Champion — Very early, smooth,
purple color, solid, and good quality
but not very large. This is the so-called
tree tomato. It makes a stiff, stalky
bush and holds the tomatoes up off the
ground well. The only perfectly smooth
very early tomato.

Imperial— Best large purple tomato, early,
smooth, productive, solid, line quality.
This and Stone are the best tomatoes
grown.

Stone— (See cut)— Much like above
except color, which is a bright red.
Yery large and smooth. In fact, the
largest smooth tomato known. This is
the only one the canning factories will
allow to be grown for them.

Beauty — Much like Imperial but not so solid.
Golden Beauty — Best large yellow. Yery
smooth and handsome.

Pomlerosa Yery large tomato. Almost
seedless. Sometimes rough. The largest
of all tomatoes.

Yellow Pear — Small, for preserves.

PRICES— Oz. 20c; fourth-oz. 5c: fourth- J
lb. 50c.

TURNIPS*

Extra Early Milan— Best early. Tender and
sweet. Looks like Purple Top Strap Leaf
but smaller and much earlier. Plant very
early and thin.

Purple Top Strap Leaf— The standard, bier,
late, flat turnip. Always good. Sow about
July 25 for fall use.

Rutabaga — Swedish or German Sweet — Large
sweet, yellow flesh. Should be set out thin
like cabbage/

PRICES— Extra Early Milan: Oz. 10c: |
half-oz. 5c; fourth-lb. 20c. Other varie-
ties: Oz. 6c; half-oz. 3c; fourth-lb. 15c.

RAPE*

Dwarf Essex — This is the great new forage
plant that is making such a sensation.
Sown in June it will make lots of feed in
August when pastures are short. It pro-
duces wonderfully, one man here who
grows it claiming that an acre will keep
three cows or a dozen sheep all fall. Hogs

NEW STONE TOMATO

Are your tomatoes smooth? Mine
are. Maybe you had better get a
new start of seed.

especially young stock, do well on it also.
Sow 5 pounds per acre bread cast. W e have
the genuine English grown seed imported
direct and know it to be the right stuff.
Notice our low prices.

PRICES— Lb. 15c: 5 lbs. 60c; 25 lbs. $2.50

yWestboro, Mo.— Our seeds were just what you rec-
ommended them to he. We were well pleased. -j

Mrs. Dave Halliday.

Shenandoah, la.— Everything we planted proved
to he very nice, especially the potatoes.

R. G. Berry.

High Creek, la.— My plants are fine. I set out 63
and 59 grew nicely. Your garden seed gave perfect
satisfaction. Mrs. E. A. Dinsmore.

TO MARKET GARDENERS— The I

figures given here are our retail
prices. If you are in need of a big
bill, send me the list to figure on
before you buy and I will name
some interesting prices for you. I
am a market gardener myself and
know the kinds of seeds you need
and will give you only the best.
Trv an order if vou don’t believe it.

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HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

* A

PAGE OF ODDS AND

ENDS *

SAGE*

Mammoth or Broad Leaved — Thje best sort.

plant early in rich soil. Easily grown.
Prices— Oz. 20c: fourth-oz. 5c.

GOURDS*

They say it takes a Missourian to raise
.gourds but tbat may be a mistaken idea.
You might try it anyway. We can furnish
you the following seed:

Dipper, Nest Egg, Ornamental Mixed.
Prices — Oz. 20c; fourth oz. 5c.

GARDEN LEMON*

Looks like a pomegranate. Used fqr pre-
serves and sweet pickles.

Prices — Oz. 20c; fourth-oz. 5c.

POP CORN.

My first money of my own was made grow-
ing pop corn. Let the boy have a patch for
his spending money. We can furnish pure
seed of the following sorts:

Monarch White Iiice, Monarch Bed Bice,
Golden Queen, Pearl.

Prices— Pt. 15c; half-pt. 8c; qt. 25c.

KALE.

.Or Green Kahl, as our German customers
call it. Grown for greens. Looks like
'loose, curly, cabbage leaves. We sell
either the Dwarf or tall.

Prices — Oz. 15c; third-oz. 5c.

PEANUTS*

Can be grown here easily. Plant like
beans and keep well hoed. We sell the earl-
iest variety.

Prices— Pt. 15c; half-pt. 8c.

KOHL RABI.

Or turnip rooted cabbage, looks like across
between a turnip and a cabbage. Good eat-
ing. Tastes like a turnip but sweeter.
Prices— Oz. 20c; fourth-oz. 5c.

GROUND CHERRY*

We can furnish either yellow or purple.
Yellow is the sweetest and purple the lar-
gest.

Packet — 5c.

SPINACH*

Grown for greens. Prices - Oz. 10c; half-oz.
5c; quarter-lb. 20c.

CITRON.

Looks like a small, round watermelon.
Used ror preserves.

Prices— Oz. 15c; third-oz. 5c.

ENDIVE OR GERMAN LETTUCE*

Prices— Oz. 20c; fourth-oz. 5c.

TOBACCO*

Raise your own supply and be indepen-
dent of the trust. Packet 5c.

DWARF KALE.

PARSLEY*

Fine, fern-like leaves. Used for
garnishing and flavoring.

Prices— Oz. 25c; fifth-oz. 5c.

HERBS*

We can furnish any of the follow-
ing at 5c per packet.

Anise, Caraway, Dill, Cress, Laven-
dar, Horehound, Savory.

SEND FOR FREE PACKET

of onr seeds. It’s yours for
the asking. Then you can
see and judge for yourself
what our stuff is like.

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SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS.

ASTER S.

Sometimes called fall roses. Grow from one to two
feet high and bloom in the fall. Our seed is German
grown and the best to be had.

♦ + FLOWER SEEDS * +

measure in our flower
seeds that we do in our
other departments. We
handle only the very best
strains of seeds, the same
as those furnished by such
men as Burpee, Tick and
Vaughan, and can promise
you they will reflect credit
on their growers. We list
only the prime varieties,
those that will grow and bloom for anyone with
ordinary care. We buy in bulk, fresh from the
growers and put up good sized packets, not the
two-for-a-nickel sort you sometimes get.

Most flower seeds should be planted shallow,
say three times the diameter of the seed, and
kept c >vered with cloth or carpet till sprouted,
to prevent drying out. Plant in rows and pull
out the weeds early, but be sure they are weeds.
With slow growing seeds it is a good plan to
drop in a few cabbage or radish seed, as they
come up quick and mark the row.

We maintain tJ^same
high quality ana liberal

Choice Mixed Asters, all colors and

all sizes 5c

Finest Mixed, very choicest florist’s

sorts 10c

Tall Mixed, all colors 5c

Dwarf Mixed, all colors 5c

white, tall and dwarf 5c

Alyssum-Sweet — Low growing, white annual,
Very fragrant. Fine for borders and
cemeteries 5c

Balsam, or “Touch-Me-Not” — Finest double
mixed, including the “Invincible*’

and Camelia flowered 5c

Cosmos — Early flowering, mi xed shades. . 5c
Coreopsis or Calliopsis — Gorgeous yellow and

brown flowers and sure to bloom 5c

Candytuft — Empress 5c

California Poppy or Eschscholtzia — Will grow
and bloom no matter how dry the
soil and weather. If you have a place
too dry for anything else, plant this. . 5c
Carnation — New Dwarf Marguerite. Will

bloom the first year from seed 10c

Castor Beaus — Mixed 5c

Dahlias— Dahlias can be grown from seed and
bloom almost as soon as from bulbs.
Some of the finest varieties were obtain-
ed this way.

Finest Double Dahlias 10c

Finest Single 5c

Four-O’clock or Marvel of Peru — Mixed

colors 5c

Forget-Me-Not — An old favorite 5c

Hollyhocks — Finest double mixed 10c

Single and double mixed 5c

Marigolds — Mixed . . . 5c

Larkspur — Single and double, all colors. . 5c

Mignonette — Sweet. Very fragrant 5c

Nasturtiums — Everyone loves this bright
flower. Will grow anywhere but prefers
soil not too rich.

Dwarf Mixed — Finest stiaiuOz. 15c:pkt 5c
Tall Mixed— A good climber, fine colors
Oz. 15c: pkt 5c.

Northboro, la.— The plants and seeds I bought of
you last spring done so well that I intend to give
you a larger order next time Mrs. J. Gibb.

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

Pansies — Everyone’s favorite
flower. W e have taken special
pains to secure the best seed
to he had. Packets contain
about 150 seeds.

Prize Mixed — The German
strain. Very large flowers.

Superb coloring 10c

Choice Mixed— A fine mixture.

All colors 5c

Separate Colors — Black,
white, yellow, blue . . each 5c

Poppy— Most gorgeous of all
flowers. Our mixture em-
braces all colors from pure
white to deep red and purple.

Single and double mixed 5c

Petunia — Hybrida mixed 5c

Portulaca — Choice mixed 5c

Double Mixed 10c

Wild- Flower Garden — A mixture of about twenty
easy growing annuals. Let the children have a

garden of their own. Large packet 10c

P hlox— Drummondi, very popular. Blooms all

summer and stands dry weather well 5c

Pinks— Double and Single mixed 5c

Sweet William — Mixed 5c

Verbena — Mammoth mixed, all colors 10c

Choice Mixed 5c

Scabiosa, or Mourning Bride — Mixed .5c

Zinnia— Giant mixed 5c

Sweet Peas— This is our favorite flower. We sell more of it an-
nually than any other flower in the list. We handle only very
best California grown stock. See back of the book for special
collection.

Finest Eckford’s Mixed Oz. 15c, pkt. 10c

Choice Mixed •. Oz. 10c, pkt. 5c

Common Mixed Oz. 5c, pkt. 3c.

Ghost Flower, or Sweet Nightingale — White

flower. Very large and fragrant 5c

Climbers— We have selected the following
list of vines as ones easy to grow from
seeds and sure no grow rapidly:

Balsam Apple— Pretty foliage and hand-
some red and yellow fruit 5c

Canary Flower species of Nastur-

tium. Yellow flowers, great climber. . .5c
Cypress Vine— Fern-like leaves and red

blossoms 5c

Wild Cucumber — Very rapid grower — 5c
Japanese Morning Glories— Much super-
ior to old-fashioned morning glories. Are
striped and spotted. Very large, some-

times double 5c

Gourds — Ornamental mixed 5c

Moonflower— Beautiful white flowers as
large as a saucer 5c

SPECIAL OFFER: All the seven climb-
ers named above, one packet each, 25c.

FLOWER BULBS*

Gladiolas — Fine mixed, light and dark, good
big bulbs. Doz. 35c, i doz. 20c, 3 for 10c,
Tuberose — Excelsior Perle, extra large size
stock, sure to bloom. Doz. 45c, i doz. 25c,
each 5c. Single, earlier and taller than
above, same prices.

Dahlias — Choice varieties, all colors, mixed,
each 15c, 2 for 25c.

Caladiuni, or Elephant’s Far — Large size
bulbs, 20c.

Oxalis — Fine for borders, blooms all summer.
One hundred 30c, doz. 10c.

Special 25c Collection of Flower Seeds.

For those who do not care for a large list
of flowers we have made up the following
collection of eight packets of popular flow-
ers, all easily grown.

Nasturtium, dwf Sweet Peas Phlox

Pansies Pinks Verbena

Poppies Balsams

One regular packet each for 25c.

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

| POTATOES |

We are, first of all, potato growers.
It has always been our leading: crop,
and we think that we can grow a lit-
tle better potatoes than anyone. Our
crop this year was over 6,000 bushels
and they’re all potatoes to be proud
of. We do not claim to get the larg-e
yields (500 to 1500 bushels per acre)
that some catalog's tell of. It is to
be feared that those accounts are
somewhat overdrawn. We always
figure on 200 or over — very often get
300 — and have had as high as 450 on
parts of the field. That’s good
enough for us. We have the best of
soil here and grow potatoes that for
vigor and growing qualities are equal
to any in the United States. They
are entirely free from scab and rot,
and owing to our exceptionally good

OUR BOYS SERVING THEIR APPRENTICESHIP
AT THE POTATO BUSINESS.

storage facilities, we can keep them
in splendid condition.

Just a vrord about varieties. We
are all inclined to get excited when

We grow our own Seed Potatoes* How do you like the looks of this field?

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HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

EARLY OHIO*

A part of our 40 acres of Seed Potatoes

we read of the wonderful new sorts
advertised in the catalog's, with won-
derful pictures and still more won-
derful claims, but our advice is don’t.
We have tested something- like 150
kinds in the last six years, testing-
all the new ones as they came out,
and our list of profitable sorts in-
cludes just three, two early and one
late. Take onr word for it, most of
those hig'hly advertised ones are a
disappointment. We know from dear
experience. Still we occasionally
g-et hold of one that repays us for
our trouble, and when we do wTe offer
it to our customers. We try it a year
or two ourselves first thoughi. The
ones we offer here we know will
please you. They suit us and we’re
pretty hard to suit. You will find
that it will pay you to chang'e your
seed and plant some of our vigorous,
clean seed of tried sorts, especially
at our reasonable prices.

EARLY MICHIGAN

showing comparative growth, June 1, 1900,

^ ^ SCAB ^

There’s none of it on our
potatoes. How are yours?
If you plant that scabby
A seed you will raise a scabby
crop as sure as fate.

Randolph, la.— Seeds proved first-class in every
way. Those Early Michigan potatoes are the best I
ever saw. I dug four hills that filled a dishpan.

Moses Pippitt.

Oskaloosa, Kan.— Those potatoes were all right.
I will order again in the future. Samuel Emmert.

Shenandoah, la.— The seed potatoes (Early Mich-
igan) are all right, are my choice for cooking, and
are all good size. Mrs. ,T. Tressler.

Xortliboro la.— Vegetable as well as flower seeds
which 1 have bought of you during the last three or
four years have proved to be very good. The Early
Michigan are the best in yield and quality of any
kind of potatoes we have ever raised.

Mrs. H. Ehlers.

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SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

EARLY MICHIGAN POTATOES : THE BEST EARLY

A PECK OF EARLY MICHIGAN*

For several .years past we have been
trying to find something to take the place
of the Early Ohio hut could find nothing
that suited us till we got this. It is a large
smooth, white potato, introduced from
Michigan three or four years ago. While
earlier than the Ohio, it does not die down
as soon but continues to increase in size,
and usually outyields it about half. ,It
has a very vigorous vine making a perfect
mass of foliage and unlike the Ohio, blooms
freely. It is a good keeper and the quality
is superb the year round.

Uniting, as it does, so many good qual-
ities, it is bound to take the place of all
early potatoes in a short time. For
three consecutive years it has out yielded
everything on the place— early or late — and
if thrown on the market would easily bring
10c to 15c above the market on account of
its superior appearance and quality. I have
an exceptionally fine stock of my own grow-
ing which I can offer.

This is our last year’s description and
after another year’s experience I would
make no change except to emphasize the
superior appearance of the potato as shown
by the photo on this page, and its fine
cooking quality. From the time it is large
enough to eat, until planting time next
year it cooks dry, white and mealy. With
the possible exception of the Livingston we
have never had its superior for the table.
Also notice its strong, vigorous growth as
shown in the picture of our 40-acre field. It
is almost twice as large as the Ohio alongside.

Last year we did not have enough to go
around and had to return the money on
lots of late orders, but this year with a crop
of somewhere near 3,000 bushels of the
Michigan we hope to be able to fill all orders

P BICES— Peck, 35c; I bu. 65c; bu. $1.25.
Not prepaid.

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HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

THE LIVINGSTON POTATO*

The Best Late* 1 0 weigh 15 lbs and they he smooth too*

Livingston -This seems to be the old
“Peachblow” come again, except in shape
which is long and slender instead of round.
It has the same beautiful creamy color with
pink eyes, the same season, the same keep-
ing qualities, and the same wonderful table
quality. In yield it is equal to the Peach-
blow in its palmiest days. In the two years
we have had it it has outyielded all other
late potatoes and has been less affected by
blight and dry weather than any other. One
noticeable feature is that there are no small
ones. It sets only 4 or 5 potatoes to a hill
but all are large ones. Out of a 40-bushel
load we throw out in grading less than a
bushel, and we grade them very large, too.

Y ou fellows who have been sighing for the
good old times of Peachblow potatoes, now
is your chance. It is medium late in the
season and this year did equally well with
us planted in April and in June.

P BICES— Peck, 35c; I bu., 65c; bu., $1.25

| We have a limited amount of sec-
| ond size stock of Michigan and Ohio,

I just right to plant whole, which we
will sell while they last at half price*

Carman No. B— We have dropped this po-
tato on account of poor quality. The Liv-
ingston is as good in appearance and better
in yield and quality.

New Market, la.— Potatoes (Early Michigan) are
good, I am well pleased with them. I think they
are the best early potatoes I have ever had.

G. A. Hunt.

Northboro, la,— The Early Michigan potatoes are
just the finest breed that I have ever raised. Early
and fine quality. I am well pleased with the in-
vestment. J. R. Harris.

Lenox, la.— Your potatoes (Early Michigan) did
very well. They are the earliest we have ever had.

Alex Cameron.

Imogene, la.— I recommend your potatoes (Early
Michigan) highly. They are a good yield, and the
finest eating potato I ever saw. Mike Delehant.

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SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

Early Ohio — Is

probably more
widely known and
grown than any
potato in the
country. My
stock is very fine,
being large and
smooth and free
from scab and
blight. (See cut
of bushel.) I f
your stock is get-
ting scabby, small
and knotty, take
a new start.

PRICES — Peck.
30c; \ bu., 50c: 1
bu., 95c.

EARLY OHIO.

EARLY MICHIGAN.

Potatoes That
Are Potatoes..

Henry Field is a potato grower beyond all doubt.
We have the evidence of it in two large baskets
full set-ting on our office floor— of the Early Mich-
igan and Livingston varieties — one early, the
~ other late. Both are top notch, just right in
size, shape and color. After testing 150 varieties; Mr. Field settled on
these as unmistakeably the best. The Early Michigan beats the early
Ohio in time and yield. It is a good keeper and the quality is unexcelled.
It cooks dry, white and mealy, from the time it is grabbled for the first
early spring meal through all the winter and spring. Their appearance-
as well actual test on the table assures this to be the finest potato yet
brought out. The Livingston as a late potato is equal to the other. As
they lie in their basket we cannot choose between them. It depends on
whether the grower wants an early or late potato and he usually wants-
both. The Livingston is a smooth pink eyed beauty, long and slender.
Splendid in yield and keeping and eating qualities, it is the potato to-
plant for home use or market. Mr. Field has this year 3000 bushels of each
of these varieties and can furnish seed to all who want them. They are
free from scab and he holds that if you would raise clean smooth potatoes
you must plant seed without scab. — Shenandoah Sentinel, Oct. 2, 1900.

SUNFLOWERS. Mammoth Russian — Makes more and better chicken
feed than anything else you can raise. Price — Pt. 20c, ^ pt. 10c, qt. 35c..

NO OLD SEEDS in our store. We sold out so close last year that we didn't
have enough seeds left to make an exhibit at the fair. You can depend
upon getting all new, fresh seeds if you order from us.

Bracken, Neb. — We planted three bushel of your Early Michigan Pota-
toes and although they were cut down by hail -twice, we dug 45 bushel this
fall after using out of them for a family of ten all summer.

A. L. P. Thompson.

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HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

PLANTS

We grow many acres of berries for
market, and from growing plants for
our own use and for our neighbors, we
have gradually developed quite a trade
in small-fruit plants, and annually sell
over a hundred thousand plants. Grow-
ing berries with an eye to profit, as we
do, we naturally grow only the best
sorts and, what is still more important,
learn to know which are the best sorts.
As I said about the potatoes, we have
tried almost everything in the catalog
and find a great many of them worth-
less, or at least useless to us. The
sorts listed below are ones that we
have grown successfully under the se-
vere test of market conditions and they
are sure to suit you.

All plants will be fresh dug and care-
fully packed. Set as early in the
spring as possible.

A good way to plant strawberries and raspberries is in a young orchard.
Above we show a two acre patch of ours that way. Raspberries in the
tree rows and strawberries between.

STRAWBERRIES.

rows. Set plants

. This universally beloved fruit can be easily grown
on almost any good soil if you will only keep the
weeds out. Plant early, tend often, mulch a little
in the winter, and you are almost sure of a good crop of
nice berries.

The sorts marked P, in the price list on the following
page, are imperfect flowered and they should have a
perfect flowered sort (marked S) planted in adjoining
12 to 18 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart.

SEND FOR FREE PACKET _

yourself what our stuff is like and compare our packets with others.

of our seeds. It’s yours for the ask-
ing, then you can see and judge for

^ Tobacco Dust for the Bugs...

This is the nearest to a cure or remedy that you will iind. We sell it at lb. 15c;
2 lbs. 25c: 10 lbs. $1.00. These prices do not include postage or express charges.

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

SPLENDID — S — This is probably the most
productive large berry we have ever grown
and is also of fine quality. It stands dry
weather well but is a little bit tender to
extreme cold, such as we had last winter,
unless well mulched.

LOVETT — S— A large dark red berry, early,
of fine flavor, productive and hardy, It is
a very vigorous giower.

WARFIELD— P— Much like Lovett. Suc-
ceeds everywhere and for all.

CRESCENT— P— The old standby. Very
productive, and will stand lots of hard
usage.

HAVERLAND—P— The best for low rich
land.

BEDERVYOOD— S — Very early, of good size
and a hardy plant.

BRANDYWINE— S— A very large dark col-
ed berry, very late and of high flavor.

PIUCES- I)oz. 25c; 100 $1.00; 300 $2.50.

RASPBERRIES*

Set on any good ground in
rows five or six feet apart and
two or three feet apart in
the rows, tend like corn and
keep them trimmed a little.

NEMAHA— Very large, black, best
late. It is somewhat like the
Gregg, but will stand more cold and
drouth than this well known sort.

GREGG— A wTell known sort. Much
like Nemaha.

KANSAS— (See cut.) Very large,
black, best early. It is juicy and of
finer flavor and will stand more dry
weather without getting seedy
than any ot her we have ever tried.
Makes tall vigorous canes and bears
an enormous quantity of fruit.

CUTH BERT— Large, best red. Sweet
and very rich flavor.

We can also furnish plants in small
quantit ies of the following: Souhegan,
Older, Babbitt, Palmer Eureka, and
Conrath.

PRICES— Doz. 40c; 100 $2.00.

1 |— * you are in doubt as to varie-
I * ties, tell us what sort of soil
" " you have and leave it to us.
We’ll give you the best there is.

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

BLACKBERRIES.

Plant and tend the same as raspberries. Keep
the sprouts cut out between the rows with a sharp
hoe or plowT.

SN YDER— The only one that is perfectly hardy with us.
Grows well and bears abundantly.

PBICJEiS— Same as raspberries.

Our plants are grown on young plantations in rich ground
and are line.

SPECIAL — We have for sale a limited amount of two year plants of the
leading sorts of raspberries wThich we will offer while they last at double
the price of the tips, or one year plants. These have been transplanted
and are large, strong plants that will grow rapidly and bear some the
first year.

CONCORD GRAPES.

We have a fine stock of plants of
this best of all grapes at 5c each for
one or a hundred. Also of several of
the fine varieties at different prices.
Write for what you want. If we’ve
got it all right, if not, we’ll say so.

SPIREA VAN HOUTEH.

I have grown a small stock of two
year bushes of this beautiful orna-
mental shrub and will offer them
while they last at 35c each. They
are perfectly hardy and bear great
bunches of pure white flowers early
in the spring.

HARDY ROSES.

We have so much call for these that we
have contracted with a reliable grower for
a full stock of them. We can furnish the
following varieties at 35c each for strong,
two year field grown plants. These are
far superior to the tender, greenhouse
plants offered at low prices.

Crimson Rambler, Red Climber.

Madame Plantier, White, bush, very hardy

Seven Sisters, Pink Climber.

General Jack, Red Bush.

Magna Charta, very large, Pink Bush.

Prairie Queen, Pink Climber.

White Memorial, White Creeper for ceme-
teries.

ASPARAGUS PLANTS — Set in rich, moist soil, one foot by 3 feet apart.
Keep well hoed the first year and mulch well afterwards to keep down
the weeds. Columbian Mammoth White — Doz. 25c; 100 $1.50.

THE DOWDEN POTATO DIGGER IS THE BEST MADE

. . I have used a Dowden Digger for several years and believe it is 5)

•• the best made. I dont see how it could be improved, and can
guarantee it will suit you. Henry Field.

See advertisement of DowMen Manufacturing Co. on page 30 of this catalog.

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

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P)owden Improved

*v-Potato Harvester

Combining Strength, Capacity
and Durability...

One of the Greatest Labor Saving, Most Practical and Simplest Machines
on the Market for the Farmer Today.

First Award Over All Competitors at the World’s Fair.

For Catalog and Prices Write to

Dowden Manufacturing Company,

PRAIRIE CITY, IOWA.

SEED POTATOES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

A CHANCE

TO MAKE MONEY

We Lave agents, (for some of the

Have you a man in your locality
taking orders for us? You know we
do most of our business that way. If
we have no agents there better write
and ask us for our terms. There’s
good money in it whether you have
much time to put in it or not.

the first trial), who last winter made

$5 A DAY.

WHAT THEY DID YOU CAN DO. TRY IT NOW. HENRY FIELD.

Fac-Simile of the Gold Medal Awarded C. M. West
for Best Exhibit of Corn at Omaha Exposition.

Seed Corn

THE GOLD MEDAL CORN

C. M. West’s
Improved
Legal Tender..

All of the leading varieties are grown es-
pecially for seed purposes, well matured,
carefully sorted and handled as seed corn
should be handled. 1 take pleasure in be-
ing able to furnish the best seed corn
grown anywhere. Eveiv farmer should
change his seed corn and by introducing
new varieties will be sure of obtaining
greater results.

Write for Catalogue and Prices.

C. M. WEST,

Grower of Select
Seed Corn

SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

M. L. AYRES

IMPORTER AND BREEDER OF

Percheron Horses

Stock of all ages for sale. I returned from
Prance this summer with seventeen head of
the finest Percherons to be found in that
country. Over 200 head of pure bred stock
for sale. Home at farm, 2 miles W. of town.

Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa.

HENRY FIELD’S CATALOG OF SEEDS

To All Aspiring
Young People...

What About Going toO
School This Winter •

Our Fall Enrollment was 20 per cent Larger
Than Ever Before. Accomodations Fully Pro-
vided for All Who May Come. Shall We have
You With Us?

HAVE you thought of it, young friends? You desire some of the
best things of life. Those educated are those who will he most inde-
pendent, enjoy life best, and do most in it. “Brain power is highest in
the markets and the demand is always greater than the supply.” The MIND
is the weapon with which the triumphs and successes of this age are to he won. Come
into our school and we will help you to increase your brain power and
make your mind a stronger weapon for your use in life’s work. Can you
spend $28.50 or $32.50 to a better purpose than to pay the cost of board,
furnished room, and tuition for ten weeks in this school? Book ex-
pense very reasonable and in most common studies books are rented . Think it
over carefully, before you decide not to make the sacrifice. Education is not
worth having if it is not secured by some sacrifice.

The present enrollment is a very gratifying increase over last year —
more than 20 per cent. New students are entering every week and we feel
assured this year will surpass all former ones. The year is continuous and
students may enter any time. Accommodations have been fully provided for
the large number of students who will enter. We have arranged the
work with a good deal of care for this particular period of time with a view
to especially accommodate those who can not spare the whole year but can
spend in school the time from now to the last of March. The largest num-
ber of students from the farm will avail themselves of this time in school.
Send for our catalogue and ask any questions about the school.

Address, J. M. Hussey, Shenandoah, Iowa.

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE

FOR A BEAUTIFUL j» ^

FLOWER GARDEN CHEAP.

Special 25c Collection of Flower Seeds.

For those who do not care for a large list of flowers we have
made up the following collection of eight packets of popular
flowers, all easily grown:

NASTURTIUM, dwarf. SWEET PEAS* PHLOX*

PANSIES* PINKS* VERBENA.

POPPIES* BALSAMS*

One regular packet each for 25.

SWEET-PEAS.

Our popular collection of Sweet Peas — 9 of the best vari-

etics and one ounce of fine Eckfor d's Mixture for

One full-size packet of each of the following:

APPLE BLOSSOM, bright rose and pink.

BLANCHE BURPEE, Eckford’s large pure white.
BLANCHE FERRY, the popular pink and white.
BRILLIANT, new, bright scarlet.

CELESTIAL, delicate Azure blue.

DOROTHY TENNANT, deep rosy mauve.

EMILY LYNCH, deep rose pink, shaded bufl.

GRAY FRIAR, beautiful watered purple on white.
RAMONA, white splashed with pink.

ONE OUNCE ECKFORD MIXED*

25c

This Collection will plant a double row twenty-five feet long.

HENRY FIELD *+ SEEDSMAN

SHENANDOAH, IOWA

EARLY MICHIGAN,

LIVINGSTON. The Old “Peachblow” Come Again,

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