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mers who, following my advice, planted largely of the Freeman. 
mans in ’92 but had disposed of his entire crop for seed purposes at 
the fact that the Freeman Potato is unquestionably 
unusual developments, both as to early ripening, 
merits. It is admitted to be the finest flavored po 
table purposes to the exclusion of all other varieties, 
earliness, 
country over, it is undoubtedly the best early ever pu 
forth a round of praise. Thesummer and fall of 
MORE NEW 
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FREZY OTHER 
SINCE THE_ INTRODUCTION 
OF THE FARLY ROSE” 
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$3.00 per pound in 18ot1. 
All I had for sale sold at 
$7.50 per bushel, $15.00 
per barrel in 1892. 
All I had for sale sold at 
$4.00 per bushel, $7.50 
per barrel in 1893. 

ALL 1 HAVE FOR SALE IN 1894 
SURE TO GO AT 1893 PRICES. 
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|X INTRODUCING the Freeman Po- 
tato to the American public, I did 
so with the belief that it was des- 
tined to create in the next few years as 
great a furore and to sell at as high 
prices as the lEHarly: Rose in the first few 
; years of its introduction, twenty-five years 
* ago. 
tell the 
that has come to pass. or three years hand running, 
I have not been able to half supply the demand; and to- 
day, three years after I: first offered it in my ’91 cata- 
Thousands and 
tens of thousands of dollars have been made by my custo- 
I venture to say that not a single man who raised Free- 
big prices before April Ist, ’93. There is no gainsaying 
the strongest grower I have ever seen, and as predicted, has shown such 
enormous production, ete., etc., that no praise has been too strong for its 
tato in the market, and in every case, wherever once tried, will be-used for 
When I first offered the Freeman, the claim was made for it of unusual 
I find, however, that in some sections of the country, it is not quite as early as the Early Ohio; but taking the 
t in the hands of the American potato grower. 
of extreme drought, the Freeman, by reason of its strong growth and remarkable ability to resist lack of moisture, has called E 
’93 has certainly been a Freeman season, for where other varieties have * 
In seasons like the last, 
scarcely returned the seed planted, the Freeman shows a yield of 150 to 250 bushels to the acre, and where the season was fa- 
vorable to potatoes, [ have received reports of as high as 400 bushels and more to the acre. 
Every one I know of who has tested the Freeman Potato is equally 
as enthusiastic as I am, among these is my friend, Mr. T. Greiner, of 
La Salle, N. Y. This is what he thinks about it: 
“What I know about the Freeman Potato is soon told. 
tumn of 1889 I received from Mr. Freeman, of Minn., samples of the 
new seedling for testing. Undoubtedly these tubers were a selection, 
for I do not remember ever having seen a lot of tubers equaling these in 
color, size and shape, and in beauty. Skin white, russet; Shape oblong, 
slightly flattened; eyes almost even with the surface, and very incon- 
Spicuous. These potatoes were placed in an ordinary cellar, and when 
taken out to be planted on May 17th, were almostas fresh and plump as 
when first received. The growth was so early, so strikingly bushy and 
wonderfully strong and altogether in so pleasing and favorable contrast 
with any of the 50 or 60 other varieties in the lot (among them the most 
renowned of the newest sorts, anda number of my own seedlings), that 
I was tempted to write to the originator for price of his whole stock. 
fhe Freeman is none of your weakly dwarfish things. We have in it 
vigor, strength and health such as I have not seen elsewhere in many 
years. The crop ripened about with Ohio, or Burpee’s Extra early, i. e., 
little, if any, later than the Early Ohio, which, heretofore I have always 
considered to be our best first early potato, and the yield was far 
larger than that of any other early sort; the tubers of fine shape 
and large size. Of course this is the test of but a single season; but 
R. T. B. TERRY’S three 
with this variety better than any words I could use. 
CAUTI ON $1.00 to $10 per bushel. For two 
said to control the entire supply ; still I would advise ex 
In the Au- 

years’ experience with the Freeman, on opposite page, describes what can be accomplishe 
I have only this to add, I would advise all my friends to exercise 
from whom they purchase their supply of Freemans. s 
in ’92 and ’93, thousands of bushels of so-called Freemans have been sold to a confiding public, at from 
years now I have sold Freeman potatoes by the barrel, so I cannot he 
treme caution to all intending purchasers; and if they do not send 
if this potato does as well elsewhere as it did with me this year 
it is the coming early potato, and the most valuable recently brought 

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away, and begin with the Freeman, raising seedlings from it just as 
soon as I can get seed balls of the variety. As to table quality, I 
know of no reliable market potato that is better.” 
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 seedling being grown in 1885. The 
tuber is oval in shape, russet in color; flesh very white, both raw and 
when cooked, very fine grain and of very best flavor. The greatest 
merits of the variety are its extreme earliness, and long-keeping 
qualities. From the time they are as large as hen’s eggs until new 
potatoes come in the next year, they burst open when boiled with their 
jackets on, and appear snow-white and floury. Last year (1889) I planted 
some of my Freemans on June 4th, and on July 18th—thirty-nine days 
from planting- I dug the first mess of fine potatoes for dinner. They 
grow very quickly, and ripen here several weeks in advance of Early 
Rose. My first general planting this vear was ready to be put into 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 few small ones.” 
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Owing to the enormous demand for Freeman 
their orders to headquarters, viz., 1711 Filbert St., Philadelphia, to be sure they secure Freeman potatoes that are guaranteed 
to be raised from seed purchased of Wm. Henry Maule. 

Prices of the Freemans for 1894: 
2 barrels, $12.50; 10 barrels, $55.00. 
1b., 50 cents; 3 lbs., $1.00, 
$1.00; peck, 
110-pound sack, free on board cars at Greeley, Colorado, $6.00; 10 sacks, $50.00. 
By express, or freight, 44 peck., 
bushel, $4.00; 1 barrel, $7.50; 
postpaid. 
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$1.50; 1% bushel, $2.50; 
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