THE FREEMAN POTATO. 
The Potato that sold for $3.00 per pound in 
1891. It has more than surpassed 
all claims made for it. 
The Freeman Potato has fully realized the 
slowing predictions which I made for it at the 
> time of its introduction, a dozen years ago. It 
proved to be a rival of the famous Early Rose, 
and my customers have made money out of it. 
The Freeman is a strong grower, containing 
fresh, vigorous blood. It is early in reaching 
maturity and enormously productive, and is 
universally admitted to be the finest flavored po- 
tato on the market. People say that when once 
used on the table it is sure to remain there, on 
> account of its superlative excellence. 
Mr. W. D. Freeman, the originator, says this 
potato came from true seed of the so-called 
Silver Tip variety, the seedling having been 
; grown in 1885. The tuber is oval in shape and 
russet in color. The flesh is very white, both raw 
and when cooked, fine grained and of best flavor. 
The greatest merits of the variety are its ex- 
treme 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 13th, thirty- 
nine days from planting, 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 Ist, being then thoroughly ripe 
and vines dead. They are also a first-class yielder. I have frequently 
dug six to nine pounds from a single hill, and in rich ground there are | the claims made by the originator. The Freeman has taken a position 
few small ones.” as one of our greatest standard early potatoes. 
Pound, 30 cents: 3 pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.25; barrel, $5.00. 
| _ BLISS’ RED TRIUMPH. 
| A WEEK EARLIER THAN ROSE. 
wn Extremely prolific and a full week in ad- 
iN AN | vance of Early Rose. (Same as Improved 
(XX | Bermuda, Stray Beauty, ete.) Color, a beauti- 
\\ \ ful light red. Size, medium. Growth, very 
uniform. Shape, nearly round. The flesh 1s 
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 quanti 
ties in the early spring. It grows well at the 
North. The eyes are slightly depressed and 
the skin is smooth, making a handsome early 
Ki potato in barrel or basket. Its beauty, & 
wie quality, extreme earliness and great produe- 
iy i i) | tiveness make it highly profitable. 
al | | Pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., by mati, 
vi f postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 
60 cts.; bushel, $1.75; barrel, $3.75. 
EARLY OHIO. 
FIRST IN MARKET. 
This well-known trucker’s favorite is a short, 
thick, round-oblong potato, of quite peculiar 
appearance. In color it isdullred. It matures 
a week sooner than early Rose. It succeeds 
best in a rich loamy soil, and is not recom- 
<a mended for light or sandy land. The flesh is 
EARLY BOVEE. | solid, and of extra good flavor and mealy qual- 
EARLY BOVEE This new extra early potato is of finest quality, of vigorous growth and of| ity. Its extreme earliness and the fact that it 
« high productiveness. It is smooth and handsome. It is named for Mr. Mar-| is mealy when partially grown, make it a great 
tin Bovee, of Michigan, its originator. It isa pink or flesh-colored potato, of the shape indicated | favorite with market gardeners, and tully 
by the illustration, though perhaps larger. The shape is very uniform. The skin is well netted. | atone for its lack of beauty. It is not remark- 
It matures from early to extra early, and in table quality is white, dry and mealy. Of this po-| able as a heavy bearer, but its character sells 
tato the Rural New Yorker says: “It would appear that the Bovee is at least twelve days earlier | it, and compels many truckers to call it their 
than Early Ohio, but even though no earlier, the almost perfect shape of the Bovee would win | most profitab’e early sort. 
the prize every time over the shape of the Early Ohio. Tt is as perfect in shape as the Free- | Pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., by mail, 
man. A heavy cropping potato, with stocky tops; tubers are bunc ed close together in the hill. postpaid. By express or freight, peck, 
Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c., postpaid. By express or freight, pk., 60c.; bu., $1.75; bbl., $4.00. 50 cts.; bushel, $1.75; barrel, $3.75. 
Eureka Extra Early. 
The earliest potato. 
See specialties, page 23; 
also the 3rd cover page. 
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