years, than were ever before written of any other variety. 
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All I had for sale sold at 
$3.00 per pound in 1891. 
All I had for sale sold at 
$7.50 per bushel, $15.00 
per barrel in 1892. 
All I had for sale sold at 
barrel in 1893 and 1894. 
UCH A RECORD was never before 
made for any potato. Not only 
have I sold out of every Free- 
man [I had on hand, but thou- 
sands of dollars had to be returned to 
disappointed customers. Tens of thou- 
sands of dollars have been made by my 
friends, who followed my advice and planted 
NS largely of the Freeman variety during the 
‘ last five years. The Freeman has not only 
equaled but surpassed all claims made for it, and 
is unanimously pronounced, by 50,000 America po- 
tato growers, a perfect wonder. No potato was ever 
before so gratuitously advertised in the Agricultural 
Press or by the praises of the thousands who have 
planted it; I really believe more enthusiastic testimonials 
have been written concerning Freeman in the last five 
Tnere is no gainsaying the fact that the Freeman Potato is un- 
questionably the strongest grower, and contains more new, fresh blood than any other sort; it has also shown unusual de- 
velopments both as to early ripening, enormous productiveness, etc., etc. 
potato on the market, and when once tried it will be used for the table to the exclusion of all other varieties, 
It is admitted by all to be the finest flavored 
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 in the next few years 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, 
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 
La Salle, N. Y. This is what he thinks about it: 
“What 1 know about the Freeman Potato is soon told. In the Au- 
tumn of 1889 I received from Mr. Freeman, of Minn., samples of the 
new seedling for testing. Undoubtedly these tubers were a selection, 
for I do not remember ever having seen a lot of tubers equaling these in 
color, size and shape, and in beauty. Skin white, russet; shape oblong, 
slightly flattened; eyes almost even with the surface, and very incon- 
spicuous. 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 bushy, 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, anda number 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 Obio, or Burpee’s Extra early, i. 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. Iam 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. As to table quality, I 
know of no reliable market potato that is better.” ; 
The originator, Mr. Freeman, gives the following history and 
description of this variety: N 
“The Freeman Potato came from true seed of what is here called 
the ‘Silver Tip’ Potato, the seedling being grown in 188. 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 greatest 
merits of the variety are its extreme earliness, and long-keeping 
qualities. From the time they are as large as hen’s eggs until new 
potatoes come in the next year, they burst open when boiled with their 
jackets on, and appear snow-white and floury. Last year (1889) I planted 
some of my Freemans 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 Ist, being then thoroughly ripe, and vines dead. They are 
also a first-class yielder; I have freauently dug six to nine pounds from 
a single hill, and in rich ground there are few small ones.” 
R. T. B. TERRY’S three vears experience, well known to all my customers, 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 exer- 
cise caution from whom they purchase their supply of Freemans. 
For four 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 head- 
quarters, to be sure they secure Freemans that are guaranteed to be raised from seed purchased from Wm. Henry Maule. 
Prices of Freemans for 1896: 
Pound, 50 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. By 
express or freight, peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.25; 
barrel, $4.50; 2 barrels, $8.50; 10 barrels, $40. 
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