



Potato Seed. Seed from the Flower Ball. 
THE FREEMAN. 
I have choice potato seed 
—_—_—_—$P}_$_$_—$—$—$——$—$—$—————— from the flower ball, for those 
who wish to experiment in the production of new sorts. 
three years to bring seedlings up to a marketable size. 


















It requires 
Pound, 30 cents; 3 
Packet, 15 cts. | 
| Silver Tip variety, the seedling having been 3 
freight, peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.25; 

















THE FREEMAN POTATO. 
The Potato that sold for $3.00 per pound in 4 
1891. It has more than surpassed — 
all claims made for it. 

The Freeman Potato has fully realized the? 
glowing predictions which I made for it at the § 
time of its introduction, a dozen years ago. z 
The Freeman is a strong grower, containing § 
fresh, vigorous blood. It is early in reaching = 
maturity and enormously productive, and is 4 
universally admitted to be the finest flavored § 
potato 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 % 

grown in 188. 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. 6 
From the time the tubers are as large as hens’ "]s! 
eggs until new potatoes come the next year they 
burst open when boiled with their jackets on, #|*"! 
and appear snow white and floury. air 
“T planted some of my Freemans,” Says the 4}; 
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 sey- @ |}5 
eral weeks in advance of Early Rose. My first & |)! 
general planting this year was ready to be put in 4 i! 
the cellar August Ist, being then thoroughly ripe & |( 
and vines dead. I have frequently dug six to § 
nine pounds from a single hill, and in rich 
ground there are few small ones.” \ 
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pounds, 75 cents, postpaid. By express or 
barrel, $4.50. 

BLISS’ RED TRIUMPH. 
A WEEK EARLIER THAN ROSE. 
Extremely prolific and a full week in ad- 
wance of Early Rose. (Same as Improved 
Bermuda, Stray Beauty, ete.) Color, a beauti- 
ful light red. Size, medium. 
uniform. Shape, nearly round. The flesh 1s 
white; very mealy when cooked. This potato 
is in exceedingly high fayor 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 
Worth. The eyes are slightly depressed and 
the skin is smooth, making a handsome early 
potato in barrel or basket. Its beauty, good 
quality, extreme earliness and great produc- 
tiveness make it highly profitable. 
Pound, 30 ets.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., postpaid. 
By express or freight, peck, 75 cts.; 
bushel, $2.00; barrel, $4.00. 
EARLY OHIO. 
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- 
mended for light or sandy land. The flesh is 
solid, and of extra good flavor and mealy qual- 
ity. Its extreme earliness and the fact that it 
is mealy when partially grown, make it a great 
favorite with market gardeners, and fully 
atone forits lack of beauty. It is notremark- 
able as a heavy bearer, but its character sells 
it, and compels many truckers to call it their 
most profitable early sort. 
Pound, 30 cts.; 3 pounds, 75 cts., postpaid. 
By express or freight, peck. 75 cts.; 
bushel, $2.00; barrel, $4.00. 
Growth, very | 




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This new extra early potato is of finest quality, of vigorous growth and of - 
# high productiveness. It is smooth and handsome. It is named for Mr. Mar- | 
tin Bovee, of Michigan, its originator. 
by the illustration, though perhaps larger. 
It is a pink or flesh-colored potato, of the shape indicated 
The shape is very uniform. 
It matures from early to extra early, and in table q 
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