78 — Seed Potatoes 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1907 



THE FREEMAN. 



The Freeman Potato. 



Sold for S3.00 per pound in 1891. 



The Freeman is a strong grower, containing 

 fresh, vigorous blood. It Is early in reaching 

 maturity, productive, and universally admitted 

 to be the finest flavored potato on the market. 



The tuber is oval in shape and russet in color. 

 The flesh is very -n-hite, both raw and when 

 cooked, fine grained and of best flavor. The 

 greatest merits of the variety are its extreme 

 earliness and long keeping qualities. From the 

 time the tubers are as large as hens' eggs until 

 new potatoes come the next year they burst open 

 when boiled with their jackets on, and appear 

 snow white and floury. 



"I planted some of my Freemans," says the 

 originator, "on June 4th, and on July 28th, I dug 

 the first mess of fine potatoes for dinner. 



"They grow very quickly, and ripen here sev- 

 eral weeks in advance of Early Rose. My first 

 general planting this year was ready to be put in 

 the cellar August 1st, being then thoroughly ripe 

 and vines dead. I have frequently dug sis to 

 nine pounds from a single hill, and in ricfi 

 ground there are few small ones." 



Pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, SI. 00, postpaid. 

 By express or Creiglit, not prepaid, peck, 

 Sl.OO; bushel, $^.50; barrel, $5.00. 



Irish Cobbler. 



I have never listed this variety until last 

 season, but the last year or two, so many of 

 my customers have inquired about it, that last 

 year I raised a crop. It is a most excellent 

 extra early variety, maturing good size tubers 

 seven weeks from time of planting. It has 

 also the remarkable characteristic of producing 

 very few, if any, small potatoes, all the tubers 

 being of marketable size. The vines make 

 short, upright growth, so that the hills may be 

 only a short distance apart. The flesh is pure 

 white, with a clean, smooth skin; and in qual- 

 ity they are excellent, always cooking dry aud 

 mealy. They are splendid keepers, aud taking 

 it all in all, it is a first-class sort and worth the 

 the attention of all potato growers. 



Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 peck, 75 cents; bushel, |2.25; barrel, §4.50. 



POTATO SEED. 



Seed from the Flower Ball. 



1 have choice potato seed from the flower ball, for 

 those who wish to experiment in the production of 

 new sorts. It requires three years to bring seedlings 

 up to a marketable size. Packet, 15 cents. 



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A Week Earlier 

 Than Rose. 



BLISS' RED TRIUMPH. 

 John H. Jones, Chelsea, Ind. Ter.— I have been a earrlenpr for ; 



) years, and think 

 T know somethins about pood seed, hut find none that come unlike Maule's. I 

 alwavs take first premiums at the Fairs, and L'et the sweepstakes for the finest 

 collection of veeetables. and I know it is because I plant Wm, Henry ]Maule's Seeds, 

 Yonr First Early Cabbage is certainlv a monev maker; I sold my first cabbase the 



Bliss' Red Triumph. 



Extremely prolific and a full week in advance of Early Rose. Color, a beautiful 

 light red. Size, medium. Growth, very uniform. Shape, nearly round. The 

 flesh is white; very mealy when cooked. This potato is in exceedingly high favor 

 with Southern market gardeners and truckers, and is shipped to the Northern 

 markets in enormous quantities in the early spring. It grows well at the North. 

 I he eyes are slightly depressed and the sliln is smooth. Its beauty, good quality, 

 extreme earliness and great productiveness make it highly profitable. 



Pound, 30 cents, 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, postpaid. By express 

 , or freight, not prepaid, peck, 75 cents; bushel, S2.00; barrel, $4.25. 



C v. Sheridiin, Walker, Oregon.— I planted some of your Improved Short "White Carrot seed 

 1 ist year, which was the drie,st summer in 20 years in this part; and from IHii rows I harvested 

 ^tisO pounds of fine carrots, besides some I fed. When pulled, they weighed 3 to 7 pounds each. 



O S. Foster, Grand Prairie. Texas.— I am veiy much pleased with the merits o£ your Chinese 

 Giant Pepper; it is large and heavy; and the long, thick, dark green pods are the best sellers 

 that have ever been put on the Dallas market. I have tried man.v kinds of turnips, and find 

 youi White Six Weeks is the best all around sort for market gardeners I have ever raised. 



Geo. W. Williams, P. M.. Midway. Kan.— Several years ago I attended a Farmers' Institute 

 at '-•prinfffield. Mo., and heard Mr. T. B. Terry talk. Through him I got acquainted with The 

 Practical I"armer. and through that paper I heard of Maule's Seeds. I have found them both 

 "the best yet," and am glad to tell my friends and neighbors about j-our firm. 



C I lane Afooresbure, Tenn.— Tour seeds are par excellence, and would be cheap at four 

 times the price This year I planted melon seed from .vour house, and from another house side 

 bv side I think everv one of your seed came up, making vigorous, thrlft.v plants, true to 

 name: while from the"other seed out of 15 to 20 seeds per hUl, 1 to 3 plants came up, and they 

 died before they formed the third leaf. 



L Hopkins. Salisbury, Md.— I have used no seed but yours for the last 20 years, and they 

 always give roe good results. Your specialties can't be beat. 



first of June, and they were fine and solid. The New Eevenue Cow Pea is also a 

 money maker: it outvielded any pea I ever planted; 100 bushels to the acre. 



J E. Power. Portland, No. Dak.— Your Early Flat Head Cabbage is Just what I 

 have tieen looking for for year's; early yet equal in aU respects to the late varieties. 

 A fine acquisition. 



