MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1 899. 



THE COMMfRCIAL POTATO. 



AN ABSOLUTELY NEW^OTATOj£ AND A GRAND ONE. 



A QUICK MATURING MAIN CROP VARIETY, OF RARE PRODUCTIVENESS 



AND BEST KEEPING QUALITIES. 



PARENTAGE This great potato, which I this year offer the American public for the first time, is a seedling of 



the Wilson Rose, whose parentage runs back to the Early Rose. This indicates the type. I am 

 proud to be its introducer. 



DESCRIPTION The tubers are of beautiful shape and appearance, being oblong and rather broad and thick, as 



shown in the illustration facing this page. The eyes are shallow. The color of the skin is that pe- 

 culiar russet which characterizes all the best potatoes, in addition to which the pink or rosy hue of 

 its great ancestor is clearly visible, giving it a most attractive aspect. It somewhat closely resem- 

 bles Carman No. 3 in shape. 



FOR MAIN CROP 



It is offered to the American farmer and gardener as a main crop potato; not as a late variety, 

 fact, it is earlier than Houeoye Rose or Sir Walter Raleigh. 



In 



■; DEVELOPMENT 

 OF TOP 



The growth of tops is dense and robust, but compact: not of that spreading habit characteristic of 

 many potatoes. This is favorable to close planting and big crops. 



■= TERM OF QROWTH 



KEEPING QUALITY 



TABLE QUALITY 



AS A CROPPER 



DROUGHT 



RESISTING 



ABILITY 



The comparatively quick growth and early maturity of this splendid main crop potato, will adapt 

 it to many localities where late sorts have not time to mature, on account of shortness of season. I 

 expect to see it widely planted in the far North, as well as in all the milder sections of the country. 



It is equal in keeping qualities to any late potato grown, as my experience with it fully proves. I 

 have fully tested it in almost every conceivable way, and have a record of keeping the tubers in 

 perfectly good condition, in ordinary storage, until August of the year following their production. 

 The potatoes were just as edible and mealy August 15 as the day they were dug. 



In table quality The Commercial is fully and unconditionally equal to Early Rose at its best. The 

 flesh is as white as snow, and the flavor and texture are perfect. 



The Commercial is a tremendously heavy cropper, and I have no hesitation in predicting 400 to 

 500 bushels per acre under good conditions, judging by its record. The tubers grow close together 

 in the hills, and are not bashful about crowding each other, and they roll out grandly at digging 

 time, in respect to both size and numbers. I have had sufficient experience with potatoes to know 

 what I am talking about, and I long since recognized superlative merit in this one, and do not hes- 

 itate to recommend and endorse it in strongest terms. 



During the development of this great potato I was profoundly impressed with its drought resist- 

 ing ability. It would go right on growing during dry weather, when other kinds were not only 

 checked but were actually injured. This, it must be admitted, is an attribute of the highest value, 

 for it gives promise of profitable crops even under adverse circumstances. It is an evidence of great 

 constitutional vigor, showing strength of vine and ample development of feeding roots. It evi- 

 dently has wonderful tuber forming ability. 



- ITS GREAT 



Recent comparative tests of this variety along side of other main crop sorts, including late cmp- 



FROMISE peis, have invariably shown a distinct and ilecided advantage in favor of The Commercial in points 

 of both yield and (juality; so much so that I predict that it will prove to be one of the finest things 



ever put upon the American market in the shape of a potato, 

 thing, and should at once have universal trial. 



It is, I know, an extremely good 



PRICES 



The Commercial potato will be sold during 1899 (as long as the supply of seed tubers lasts^ at 

 following prices : 



the 



a. 



Poand, 50 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, by mail, postpaid. By express or freight, 

 Vi peck, $1.25: peck. $2.00; }4 bushel, $3.00; bushel, $5.00; barrel, $10.00. 



