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POTATOE : plants 165 to 18 inches apart in row. Cultivate constantly and thoroughly, tinally GEG Te osdeat nen ig deem es a 
A second or iate spring planting is often made. Store in frost proof cellar in winter. h 

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The great Commercial Potato, which I last 
year Offered the American public for the first 
ime, isa seedling of Wilson Rose, whose parent- 
age runs back to Early Rose. Iam proud to be 
the introducer of the Commercial, on account 
of its splendid performances during the first 
year of its public existence. In yield and all 
other meritorious points it is evidently going to 
rank with the best, if not to distance all the 
other early main crop sorts. It is earlier than 
Honeoye Rose or Sir Walter Raleigh. The 
tubers are of beautiful shape and appearance, 
peing Oblong and rather broad and thick, as ALi 
The color is that peculiar russet which charac- {iif 
terizes all the best potatoes, in addition to | 
which the pink or rosy hue of its great ancestor |i 
is clearly visible, giving it a most attractive ap- (jl 
earance. It somewhat resembles Carman No. 
3in shape. The vine is robust, but compact; 
not of spreading habit. This is favorable to [iN 
close planting and big crops. The compara- 
tively quick growth and early maturity of this 
splendid main crop potato willadaptit to many ji \ i NI 
localities where late sorts have not time to ma- WW 
ture on account of shortness of season, and I ex- 
pect to see it widely planted in the far North, as 
well as in every other section of the country. It 
is equal in keeping qualities to any late potato 
grown. I fully tested it in every way before 
sending it out, and found that it would remain 
in good order for a year after digging. On the 
15th of August, a year after growth, and with or- 
dinary storage, the tubers were as edible and 
mealy as when dug. The table quality is fully 
and unconditionally equal to Early Rose at its 
best. The fiesh is as white as snow, and the tex- 
ture is perfect. The Commercial is a tremen- 
dously heavy cropper, and I have no hesitation 
in naming 400 to 500 bushels to the acre as 
within the easy possibilities of this grand new sort, as judged by re- 
cords already made. It has great drought resisting qualities, on ac- 
count of its strong root development. Recent tests between Commer- 
cial and the best of the old standard sorts, including late croppers, 
have resulted in favor of this new potato, in both yield. and quality, 
and I am glad to have had the honor of its-introduction. 
Prices of The Commercial Potato: Pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, by mail, postpaid. 












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of Commercial Potatoes grown from seed purchased of me this year. 

By express or ireight, peck, $1.25; 
bushel, $4.00; barrel, $7.503 2 barrels, $12.00. Special figures on 10 barrels or over, on application. 
WAULE’S EARLY THOROUGHBRED POTATO. 
ORIGINALLY NAMED AND FIRST OFFERED BY ME IN 1896, AT $25.00 PER BARREL. 
Maule’s Early Thoroughbred Potato was first offered to the public in 
1896, since which time I have received hundreds of reports of field 
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and a splendid money maker. In quality it equals the Freeman, either 
baked or boiled, a statement which is a high tribute to its flavor and 
table merit. The illustration is a faithful picture of an average speci- 
men of Maule’s Early Thoroughbred, and does not in any way exagger- 
ate iis smooth and handsome appearance. Another favorable charac- 
teristic of this potato is its habit of growth. It produces an unusually 
large proportion of merchantable tubers. The potatoes grow closely ,.j 
in the hill, and are of large and nearly uniform size. Mr. T. B. Terry, a! 



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Prices of Maule’s Barly Thoroughbred Potato: Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, postpaid. By express or freight, ™| 
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Thoroughbred is a matter of blood; #! 
that blood will as surely tell in seed ™'J 
as in live stock. Mr. Terry made a lh 
comparative test of Maule’s Early 
Thoroughbred with a potato in favor milk 
in his neighborhood; the result being ,|! 
as 45 to 15 in favor of the former, Or at pF a 
the rate of 240 bushels an acre fore 
Maule’s Early Thoroughbred Potato. ik 
“In every hill,” says Mr. Terry, in de- 6) 
scribing this experiment, “there were 
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and strong blood, and Mr. Terry’s cau- ee Sn 
of farmers,” he says, “are using seed ®)j 
that has so run out that there is no ah 
profit in growing the crop.” The Harly Bh 
Thoroughbred is capable of infusing :) 
new life and profit into the potato «; 
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