-Seed Potatoes 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1909 



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THE FREEMAN. 



The Freeman Potato. 



Sold for $3.00 per pound in ]891. 



The Freeman is a strong grower, containing 

 fresh, vigorous blood. It is early in reaching 

 maturity, productive, and universally admitted 

 to be the finest flavored potato on the market. 



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 extreme 

 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 th€ 

 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 sev- 

 eral weeks in advance of Early Rose. My first 

 general planting this year was ready to be put in 

 the cellar August 1st, 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." 



Ponnd, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. 

 By express or freight, not prepaid, peck, 

 $1.00; bushel, $».50; barrel, $5.00. 



Irish Cobbler. 



It is a most excellent extra early variety, 

 maturing good size tubers seven weeks from 

 time of planting. It has also the remarkable 

 characteristic of producing very few, if any, 

 small potatoes, all the tubers being of mar- 

 ketable size. The vines make short, upright 

 growth, so that the hills may be only a short 

 distance apart. The flesh is pure white, with 

 a clean, smooth skin; and in quality they are 

 excellent, always cooking dry and mealy. 

 They are splendid keepers, and taking it all in 

 all, it is a first-class sort and worth the atten- 

 tion of all potato growers. 



Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, 

 postpaid, By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.25; barrel, $4.50. 



POTATO SEED. 



Seed from'the Flower Ball. 



I have choice potato seed from the flower ball, for 

 those who wish to experiment in the production of 

 new sorts. It requires three years to bring seedlings 

 up to a marketable size. Packet, 15 cents. 



IRISH 





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Bliss 5 Red Triumph 



A Week Earlier 

 Than Rose. 



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Extremely prolific and a full week in advance of Early Rose. Color, a beautiful 

 light red. Size, medium. Growth, very uniform. Shape, nearly round. The 

 flesh is 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 quantities in the early spring. It grows well at the North. 

 The eyes are slightly depressed and the skin is smooth. Its beauty, good quality, 

 extreme earliness and great productiveness make it highly profitable. 



Pound, 30 cents; 3 pounds, 75 cents, by mail, postpaid. By express 

 or freight, not prepaid, peck, 75 cents; bushel, $2.00; barrel, $4.50. 



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BLISS' RED TRIUMPH. 

 D. L. Perry, Lexington 

 fine garden from 

 Cabbage and had 

 was just the thing. The Icicle Radish and Hanson Lettuce were fine. 



D. M. Clarke, Cardinal, Va.— I wish to express my thanks for the good quality of seeds you 

 ! sent me. and for the promptness with which you handled my orders. I have tried seven 

 other seedsmen and find no seeds equal to yours. Your Panmure All Heart Watermelons are 

 as sweet as honey. Earliest of All Tomatoes on my vines were ripe by July 4th. while no one 

 else had any before the 20th. In fact, everything we got from you gave entire satisfaction. I 

 shall do all I can to get you customers, anybody who says "Maule's Seeds do not grow" is 

 invited to see our garden and prove their statement. They can't do it. 



J. M. Jordan. Gordonsville, Va.— I made a complete test of early tomatoes this season to find 

 out the best for my purpose; Maule's Earliest of All, Earliana, June Pink and Landreth's 

 Earliest, all sowed the same day and set out in open ground May 1st, the first ripe fruit was 

 from Maule's Earliest of All, June 22nd, June Pink, June 29th, Earliana, July 1st and Lan- 

 dreth's Earliest. July 4th. Maule's Earliest of All still bearing fine, the others have ceased to 

 bear entirely. I shall plant only Maule's Earliest of All for first market in the future. 



Nola Chucky Poultry Farm. Morristown. Tenn.— I consider your garden seeds the best in 

 the world. Maule's Earliest of All transplanted May 10th. produced ripe tomatoes June 16th. 

 and are still producing tomatoes at present date. Oct. 24. From 90 hills ve gathered over 30 

 bushels, notwithstanding the dryest season in 20 years; Maule's Earliest of All is far ahead of 

 any other tomato. The New Ideal Corn planted May 10th. produced ripe corn July 1st, 50 days 

 from time planted; it is the best sweet corn we have ever raised. 

 Emmett Wetherbee, Spartansburg, Pa.— I first planted Maule's Seeds in 1889, and every time 



Your Earliest of All Tomato is 

 vere trying to get ripe tomatoes. 

 , although they were planted late; 

 I they are also of tine quality and good yielders. 



Emmett Wetherbee, Spartansburg. Pa.— I first planted Maule's 

 exington. III.— Considering the lack of rain I had aj I have planted them since I have had the very best results. 

 i your seeds; I planted about a thousand First Early the earliest tomato I have ever raised; while mv neighbors w< 

 over900 _fine heads, while the Dry Weather Cauliflower, mine were ripe and gone, beginning to ripen August 12th, altl 



