-f •!• The Freemhn Potato. •$• -t- 



T'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 I 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 a Record bei 



as never 

 ■ before made 

 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. Tens of thou- 

 sands of dollars have been made 

 by my friends, w ho followed my 

 advice and planted largely of the 

 Preeman variety during the last 

 five years. The Freeman has not 

 only equaled, but surpassed ail 

 clafms made for it, and is unani- 

 mously pronounced by 50,000 

 American potato growers a per- 



^^_^^^^ fp<-t wonder. No potato was ever 



'1 Htuitouslv advertised in the"":igri(^{ltvrral press, or by the praises of the thousands who hnve planted it; I really believe more enthu- 

 >timonials have been writtt-n concerning Freeman in the last rive years than were ever before written of any other variety. 



There is no 



to tell the truth, I hardly expected the result that has come to pas; 



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 

 Tip' Potato, the Sfe.lling being grown in 1885. The tuber is oval in shape, russet in 

 color: flesh verv white, both raw and when cooked, very fine gram and of very 

 best Haver. The greaie.st merits of the variety are its extreme earliness, and lonp- 

 keephic qualities. From the time thev are as large as hens' eggs until new pota- 

 toes come in the next year. Ihev burst open, when boiled with their jackets on, 

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



MR T R TFRRY'S three vears experience, and MR. CREINER'S enthusiastic remarks, published in my previous catalogues, are well 



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

 first mess of fine potatoes for dinner. They groyv 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 1st, being then thoroughly ripe and vines 

 dead. They are al.'o a finst-class yielder: I have frequently dug six to nine pounds 

 from a single hill, and in rich ground there are few small ones." 



W. D. Freeman. 



A handsome large late Potato, yielding 

 A good keeper and of 



"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 fairlv 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 

 everv 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 ripeuimr. 

 Oar claims for Carman No. 3 are: It is the 

 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 

 introducer's description, fully conveys 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 Thoroughbred for 

 the largest yielding extra early, Victor Hose for the 

 largest yielding intermediate, and Carman No. :i 

 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 m.v most critical 

 customers covild wish for; which I offer as follows : 



Pound. 30 cts.: 3 lbs.. 75cts.. by mall. 



postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 



60 cents; bushel. $1.75; barrel. $3.7S. 



Special prices on 10 barrels or more. 



I. 3 POTATO, 



extraordinary crops of uniform size and shape. 

 the choicest culinary qualities. 



C-^RR1AN No. 3. 



