•f- •!• The Freeman P©tat6. •!• 4- 



HE Freeman Potato has excited 

 more favorable comment and 

 created a greater furore than 

 any other Potato since the in- 

 troduction of the Early Rose. 



All I had for sale sold at 

 $3.00 per pound in 1891. 



All 1 had for sale sold at 



$7.50 per bushel, $15. OO 



per barrel in 1892. 



All I had for sale sold at 

 $4.00 per bushel, $7.50 

 per bbl. In 1893 and 1894. 



Quch 



aRecordr^' °'"'' 



before made 

 •■^ for any potato. Xot only did 

 I sell out of every Freeman I had 

 on hand, but thousands of dollars 

 had to be returned to disap- 

 pointed customers. Tensof thou- 

 sands of dollars have been made 

 by my friends, who followed my 

 advice and planted largely of the 

 Freeman variety during the last 

 Ave years. The Freeman has not 

 only equaled, but surpassed all 

 claims made for it, and is unani- 

 mously pronounced by 50,000 

 American potato growers a per- 

 fect wonder. Xo potato was ever 

 before so gTatuitonsly advertised in the agricultural press, or by the praises of the thousands who have planted it ; I really believe more enthu- 

 siastic testimonials have been written concerning Freeman in the last five years than were ever before written of any other variety. There is no 

 gainsaying the fact that the P'reeman Potato is unquestionably the strongest grower, and contains more new fresh blood than any other sort; it 

 has also shown unusual developments, both as to early ripening, enormous productiveness, etc., etc. It is admitted by all to be the finest 

 llavored potato on the market, and when once tried it will be used for the table, to the exclusion of all other varieties. In some sections of the 

 country it is not quite as early as the Early Ohio, but taking the country over it is the best early ever put in the hands of the American potato 

 grower. In introducing the Freeman potato to the American public, I did so with the belief that it was destined to create as great a furore and 

 to sell at as high prices as the Early Rose in the first few years of its introduction, twenty-five years ago. While my ideas were extremely high, 

 to tell the truth, I hardly expected the result that has come to pass. 



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 1 mans on June 4th, and on July 13th— thirty-nine days from planting— I dug the 

 Tip' Potato, the seedling being grown in 188-5. The tuber is oval in shape, russet in first mess of fine potatoes for dinner. Tbey giow very quickly, and ripen here 

 color: flesh very white, both raw and when cooked, very fine grain and of very I several weeks in advance of Early Rose. My first general planting this year was 

 best flavor. The greatest merits of the variety are its extreme earliness, and lonp- [ ready to be put into the cellar August 1st, being then thoroughly ripe and vines 

 keeping qualities. From the time they are as large as hens' eggs until new pota- i dead. They are also a first-class yielder; I have frequently dug six to Dine pounds 

 toes come in the next year, they burst open, when boiled with their jackets on, I from a single hill, and in rich ground there are few small ones.'"' 

 and appear snow white and floury. Last year (1889) I planted some of my Free- I W. D. Freeman. 



MR. T. B. TERRY'S three years experience, and MR. GREINER'S enthusiastic remarks, published in my previous catalogues, are well 

 known to all my customers, and describes what can be accomplished with the Freeman Potato better than any words I can use. I have only 

 this to add, I would advise all my friends to exercise caution from whom they purchase their supply of Freemans. For five years now I have 

 sold Freemans by the barrel, so cannot be said to control the supply ; still I would advise all intending purchasers, if they do not send their 

 orders to headquarters, to be sure they secure Freemans that are guaranteed to be raised from seed purchased from \Vm. Heiirv Maule. 

 Pound, 50 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.00: 

 barrel, $4-.00; 2 barrels, $7.50; lO barrels, $35. OO. 



eaRMHN No. 3 P©T2\T©. 



A handsome large late Potato, yielding extraordinary crops of uniform size and shape. 

 A good keeper and of the choicest culinary qualities. 



"Like Carman No. lit is a seedling from seedlings, 

 and it resembles that variety in having few and 

 shallow eyes. Without any approach to an excep- 

 tion, it is the greatest yielder ever introduced. It 

 may fairly be claimed that it does not yield any 

 small tubers at all. It bears its tubers very close 

 to the plant, a single turn of the fork turning out 

 every potato. It is of the largest size and of the 

 shapeliest form. It is a perfect keeper — that is, it 

 will not sprout up to planting time, unless kept in 

 a warm place. Both skin and flesh are of extreme 

 whiteness. Eyes few and shallow. Late in ripening. 

 Oiir claims for Carman No. 3 are: It is th.e 

 handsomest large potato ever produced. It will 

 outyield any other potato whatever. Practically 

 every potato is of marketable size. Its table quali- 

 ties are fully up to the highest standard; it has no 

 hollow hearts and no hard or dark parts. We are 

 confident that it will soon be the most popular 

 variety for field culture, on account of its enor- 

 mous productiveness and great beauty." This, the 

 iutroducer'sdescription, fully conve.vs the many 

 points of advantage of this new potato. Our illus- 

 tration, taken from a photograph of a tuber select- 

 ed promiscuously from a large bin of Carman No. 3 

 pictures accurately, its average shape and hand- 

 some appearance. With Maule's Thoroughljred for 

 the largest yielding extra early, Victor Rose for the 

 largest yielding iutermediate, and Carman No. 3 

 for the heaviest cropping late, we have an invinc- 

 ible trio of exceptional worth. 



My supply was grown from stock of the intro- 

 ducers, extra selected, which cropped out as fine a 

 sample of seed potatoes as any of my most <Titical 

 customers could wish for; which I oti'er as follows : 



Pound. 30 cts.; 3 lbs., 75cts.. by mail, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, peck. 

 60 cents; bushel. $1.75: barrel. $3.50. 

 Special prices on 10 barrels or more. 



Carman No. 3. 



