
Has not only Equaled but Surpassed 
The Freeman Boom still oni 
all claims made for it in 
1890, ’91, ’92 and ’93. 
The 
‘Freeman 
Potato. 
Unanimously pronounced by all who 


einen aSut 
man Potato. Now, after four years, I can say that every pre- 


Ss: CE 1890 I have been making very strong ciaims for the Free- 
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diction has been more than fulfilled. Last year, when I stated 
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: the Freeman boom was on, I did not half appreciate what it & 
meant. As soon as my catalogue was published, orders came 5 
in from every direction, from Maine to California, so much so that 
only a few weeks after the catalogue was issued, I had to refuse orders a 
for 10-barrel lots, and by the first of February had turned down orders §) 
for more than a thousand barrels. By February 20th, I had to begin to § 
decline barrel orders ; early in March, I had none for sale by the bush- 
’) el, and by the first of April could supply Freemans only by the pound. § 
iim the meantime, orders for thousands of bushels had been declined. § 
I myself would gladly have paid $4.00 per bushel for aig 
the genuine Freemans | could have secured. In 1893 I pub- © 
lished in my catalogue testimonials with the post office addresses, from ' 
people who had raised Freemans in thirty different States ; every one of 9; 
these people received from ten to a hundred letters inquiring if they had ce 
any for sale. Such a thing was never known in the history of the seed $| 
trade. Although I started the season with thousands of bushels, if T ae 
had made the price $10.00 per bushel I believe I could have sold every 2 
one. In fact, in April I was offered fabulous prices for Freemans by § 
the bushel, barrel or in any quantity ; but of course all had to be turned 2 
down; aml during that month, in less than 20 days, notwithstanding = 
the fact that I advertised that I was sold out, $4800 was returned to cus- ca 
tomers who sent me the cash, hoping to get at least a small quantity. Zi 
fect wonder. With such a record, is it to ne wondered at that I should make enor- es 
mous preparations to meet this year’s demand. Even at this writing, © 
Fee ORO Eo ore October Ist, 1893, I am booking orders from people who failed to secure a 
the potatoes last year, and who are now sending me cash in vanes to secure them. For the season of ’94, I am glad to # 
say, I have been able to make arrangements to ship Freemans in barrel lots, from various other places than Philadel- § 
phia. I have left more than 1000 bushels in the hands of Mr. T. B. Terry, Hudson, Ohio, who will ship same in ” 
barrel lots, any time after April Ist. I have nearly 2000 bushels in the hands of Mr. ih M. Smith, Green Bay, Wis- > 
consin, who will ship in barrel lots, as soon as the weather permits; have also several thousand bushels in central & 
New York, as well as in Vermont. For the benefit of my California and Pacific coast customers, I have had ¢ 
raised several thousand bushels in Colorado, so they can be put on board cars at Greeley. In this way I hope to save my : 
customers a large amount in transportation charges, as wherever it is possible to save charges, I will ship in barrel lots from = 
any of the points named above. There will be no extra charge for shipping in this way, excepting that, owing to the scarc- ¥ 
ity of barrels in Greeley, we will have to ship in sacks containing 110 pounds, price of which will be $6.00. (Many of my ¢ 
friends in Kansas and Nebraska will no doubt find it convenient to order these 110-pound sacks.) One barrel contains 165 3 
pounds net, and price is $7.50. No less than a sack shipped from Greeley or a barrel (165 lbs.) shipped from the other places. © 
If wanted in smaller quantities, they must be shipped direct from Philadelphia. Now a word in regard to < 
794 prices. I have thought considerably about this matter. Owing to the high prices of potatoes of all kinds, also in view of * 
last year’s experience, I really think the price of the Freeman should be advanced ; still I have decided to ieee them at ex- 
actly the same prices as last year. I have nearly 5000 bushels more this season than I had last; but as I refused orders for 4 
more than 5000 bushels last year, I really have no more on hand than I could have sold last season if I had had them, On « 
this account I would advise all my friends to send their orders early, as for three years in April I have been all sold out, and & 
possibly next April I will be in the same position. I think I can be pardoned for quoting the following from my’92 catalogue : 
“JT have never before given half so much space to any one variety of It takes along while in a country with a population of over sixty 5 
seed, plants or small fruits, for thesimple reason that I have never had | millions for any one thing to become thoroughly introduced, no matter § 
anything to which I felt that I could afford to devote so much space. what its merits, but if given time, reeman is bound to get there. A new 
But the Freeman has not been equaled since the Harly Rose. W here variety like the Freeman, appears at intervals of a quarter of a century, 
there are to-day hundreds extolling the Freeman as ‘the best of all,’ this | and is not an ev eryday occurrence, but something so unusual that every 
time next year there will be thousands, and in 1893 the friends of Free- | dollar invested in Freeman this year, should next year readily make a 
man will be numbered by the tens of thousands, every one of whom I | money return to every purchaser of over 1000 per ct. How many of my 
think will be carefully saving every tuber to sell for seed. customers are going to let this opportunity slip through their fingers?” 
EKvery one who followed my advice given above has never regretted it, and I can safely predict 
the same result to those planting Freeman for the first time vn ’94. 
There have been thousands of bushels of so-called FREEMANS sold in 
CAUTION this country during the last two years tnat were bogus. This thing oc- 
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have planted it a per- 
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curs with every good new variety offered, but seldom have so many ~ 
counterfeits been sold for the genuine article as in the case of the FREE- 7 
MAN POTATO. ON THIS ACCOUNT, IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE OF = 
WHAT YOU GET, YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY SEND YOUR ORDERS 2 
DIRECT TO HEADQUARTERS. 

barrel, $7.50; 2 barrels, $12.50; 10 barrels, $55.00. sospouaa Gs free on board cars. ee Greeley, Col. a) ge. 00; 10 cack! $50. 3 

{Ge-IF YOU PLANT ONLY ONE VARIETY OF POTATOES, that one above all things should be THE FREEMAN. < 
If you plant two sorts, the Freeman and Irish Daisy are what you need. Be sure to read what I say about the latter on page w 
16. I will send 1 barrel each of the Freeman and Irish Daisy for $20.00; or 5 barrels of each for $75.00. > 
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