THE COLORED 

 illustration 

 opposite page 

 72 well illus- 

 trates a hill of 

 Freeman. Can 

 any other sort 

 make such a 

 showing. 



jHEpREEMAN POTATO 



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5INCETHE Introduction 



of the EARLY <ROSE" 



fN introducing the Freeman Potato, I did so with 

 the belief that it was destined to create in 

 the next few years as great a furore and to sell 

 at as high prices as the Early Rose, the first two 

 or three years of its introduction, twenty-five 

 years ago. The Freeman Potato is unquestion- 

 ably the strongest grower I have ever seen, and 

 already has shown such unusual development, both as 

 to early ripening quality, enormous productiveness, 

 etc., that no praise, in my opinion is too strong for its 

 merits. 



Having purchased control of the Freeman Potato, 

 I took pleasure in offering it to my customers, in 1891, at 

 S3.00 per pound, and I venture to say that every cus- 

 tomer who bought it at this fabulous price never made 

 a better investment in the potato line. There is as 

 much money in plaming Freeman in 1893 as in any 

 year since its introduction ; and now, that the price is 

 within the reach of all, no potato grower, who receives 

 this catalogue, should fail to give Freeman a trial. 



Prices of Freeman for 1893. 



Lb., 50 cts. ; 3 lbs., $1.00, postpaid, yj 

 pk.,$».oo; pk., $1.50; '£ bus., $2.50; 

 bus., $4.00; bbl., $7.50; 3bbls., $12.50; 

 10 bbls., $55„oo. 



Every one I know of who has tested the Freeman Potato is equally • 

 as enthusiastic as I am, among these is my friend, Mr. T. Greiner, of 

 LaSalle, K. Y. This is what he thinks about it : 



" What I know about the Freeman Potato is soon told. In the 

 autumn of 1889 I received from Mr. Freeman, of Minn., samples of 

 the new seedling for testing. Undoubtedly these tubers were a selec- 

 tion, fori do not remember ever having seen a lot of tubers equaling 

 these in color, size and shape, ana in beauty. Skin white, rus*ett ; 

 shape oblong, slightly flattened ; eyes almost even with the surface, 

 and very inconspicuous. These potatoes were placed in an ordinary 

 cellar, and when taken out to be planted on May 17th, were almost as 

 fresh and plump as when first received. The growth was so early, so 

 strikingly Dushy and wonderfully strong and altogether in so pleasing 

 and favorable contrast with any of the 50 or 60 other varieties in the | 

 lot (among them the most renowned of the newest sorts, and a num- 

 ber of my own seedlings), that I was tempted to write to the originator 

 for price of his whole stock. The Freeman is none of your weakly 

 dwarfish things. We have in it vigor, strength and health such as I 

 have not seen elsewhere in many years. The crop ripened about with 

 Ohio, or Burpee's Extra Earty, 1. e., little, if any, later than the Early 

 Ohio, which, heretofore, I have always considered to be our best first 

 early potato, and the yield was far larger than that of any other early 

 sort"; the tubers of fine shape and large size. Of course, this is the test 

 of but a single season ; but if this potato does as well elsewhere as it 

 did with me this year, it is the coming early potato, and the most 

 valuable recently brought out. I am so sure "of this that I feel like 

 throwing all my "own seedlings away, and begin with the Freeman, 

 raising seedlings from it just as soon as I can get seed balls of the 

 variety. In the meantime I shall plant all the seed tubers of it that I 

 can get hold of. (Please be sure and save me another half bushel.) 

 As to table quality, I know of no reliable market potato that is better." 

 T. GREINER, LaSalle, Niagara Co. X. V. 



The originator, Mr. Freeman, gives the following history and 

 description of this variety : 



" The Freeman Potato came from true seed of what is here called 

 the "Silver Tip" Potato, the seedling being grown in 1885. The 

 tuber is oval in shape, russet in color; flesh very white, both raw 

 and when cooked, very fine grain and of very best flavor. The 



freatest merits of the variety are its extreme earliness, and long- 

 eeping qualities. From the time they are as large as hen's eggs until 

 new potatoes come in the next year, they burst open when toiled 

 with their jackets on, and appear snow-white and floury. Last year 

 (1889) I planted some of my freeman's on June 4th, and on July 13th 

 —thirty-nine days from planting— I dug the first mess of fine potatoes 

 for dinner. They grow very quickly, and ripen here several weeks in 

 advance of Early Rose. My first general planting this year was ready 

 to be put into the cellar August 1st, being then thoroughly ripe, and 

 vines dead. They are also a first-class yielder ; I have frequently dug 

 six to nine pounds from a single hill, and in rich ground then- are 

 few small ones." \V. D. FREEMAN. 



Illustration herewith is an exact representation from nature of an 

 average specimen of The Freeman Potato. E 



Have you read pages 72, 74, 75 and 76. 



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