NEW EARLY WHITE PRIZE.— Early Prize is one of a lot of seedlings 

 raised in 1880, since which time it has been carefully grown and selected, until now 

 it is simply the perfection of all early potatoes. In the words of its originator, a 

 large grower in the northern part of tins State, it is the smoothest, handsomest, and 

 best yielding early potato in cultivation. In shape it resembles the Early Beauty of 

 Hebron, skin is or a russety appearance shaded creamy white; they are very 

 smooth, eyes being even with the surface. In table qualities it is especially fine, 

 flesh is white, always cooks dry and mealy. At the experimental grounds of Tlie 

 Rural New Yorker it yielded at the rate of 726 bushels per acre. In conclusion, I 

 will only say there is no better early potato, in my opinion, in existence, except the 

 Polaris, offered on the last page of this catalogue. All the old standard early Pota- 

 toes will have to take a back seat in competition with either of these two varieties. 

 Pound, 40 cents.; 3 pounds, §1.00. postpaid. By express or freight, purchaser paying 

 charges, peck, 81.00 ; bushel, $2.50 ; barrel, $4.50 ; 2 barrels, $8.25. 



EARLY PURITAN.— This new Potato, originated by Mr. E. L. Coy, is the 

 product of a seed-ball, found in a field of Beauty of Hebron, in the Fall of 1882. I 

 quote as follows from the introducer's description: " The skin and flesh are very 

 white, it cooks dry and floury, and is equal in quality to that of the Snowflake, than 

 which there can be no higher standard to compare by. But the great value of Early 

 Puritan Potato lies in its great productiveness; planted under exactly the same 

 conditions, it has thus far yielded nearly double that of the Early Rose, and the 

 Beauty of Hebron. It possesses several other characteristics of value. It ripens as 

 early as the Early Bose, but unlike that variety, the tubers when half grown are 

 wonderfully dry and fit for the table. The vines, also, are more vigorous than those 

 of any early variety we are acquainted with, and are of an upright growth." Pound, 

 40 cents; 3 pounds, 81.00, postpaid. Bv express or freight, purchaser paving charges, 



THE CHAS. DOWNING POTATO.— Claimed to be the earliest, most pro- 

 ductive and finest table Potato yet disseminated. The introducer says: "They are 

 beauties. Our farmers are crazy for them. I think they are perfect, and predict 

 that in a short time they will become one of the most popular varieties in America. 

 Tested at the Ohio Experimental Station with over 100 other sorts, the average yield 

 was given at 375 1-10 bushels per acre." Pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00, postpaid. 

 By express or freight, purchaser paving charges, pk., 81. (X) ; bus., 82.00 : bbl., $4.00. 



THE POTENTATE POTATO.— In describing this magnificent variety, I 

 cannot do better than repeat what I said of it in last year's catalogue. For the last 

 two years, on my trips through New York state, inspecting my seed crops, a large 

 grower of choice' seed potatoes has always called my attention to a potato he called 

 the Potentate, as being particularly fine, and worthy of a good notice in my Seed 

 Catalogue. Out of some 30 or 40 sorts, embracing all the new varieties, as well as the 

 good old stand-byes, he, as well as his entire family, has used it in preference to all 

 others for their own table. Even as late as July or 1st of August, the Potentate from 

 the year before cooked better and was preferred to many of the early potatoes that 

 were then ready for use. From this, its two particular strong points— good keeping 

 and good eating qualities— can readily be seen, Potentate originated in the State or 

 Iowa, and matures about the same time as Magnum Bonum. They stand out even 

 or smooth. It is the smoothest and more nearly round than any potato I have ever 

 seen. The tubers are uniformly of a good size, and grow closely together in the 

 hill. For a late Winter or Spring Potato I doubt if it can be equaled. In seasons 

 like last year, Potentate will and has proved the most profitable to grow. Yields 

 better, rots less, under adverse circumstances than any other variety. $10 invested 

 in Potentates ought to return every purchaser one thousand per cent. profit next Fall. 

 Pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, ?1.00, postpaid. By express or freight, purchaser paying 

 charges, peck, $1,25; bushel, $3.00; barrel, 86.00; 2 Uarrels, jlu.OU. 



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THAT A LETTER ADDRESSED MAULE'S SEEDS PHILA- 

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 TO ALMOST EVERY POSTMASTER IN THE COUNTRY. 



Have you noticed that the six prize Polaris Potatoes raised in 

 1889 weighed 10 pounds, 9 ounces ? SEE PAGE 96. 



"Pi^T 1 A Tf\ CTTT^ I have a quantity of very choice 

 rUlAlU OXjXiU, potato seed from the iiower-ball 



(the true seed), which I am pleased to offer to my customers Who 

 would try to raise a new kind of potato. Growing new sorts 

 from the seed-ball seed is a very Interesting employment for old 

 or young. There is the widest range oi difference in color, 

 shape, and general characteristics between the different seedings ; 

 every one is more or less unlike everv other. The tubers rarely ' 

 grow to be more than a half-inch in diameter the first year, but 



the second, they get to be quite respectable potatoes, so that we 

 • pretty nearly of their value, though they do not get 

 out for all they are worth until the third year. Plant in fairly 



rich soil when it is time to plant Indian corn; keep the land 

 clear of weeds, and give them good cultivation, Packet, 25 cents. 



Nathan E. Joy, East Weymouth, Mass.: " T took those Early 

 White Prize Potatoes, bought of you last Spring, to the Wey- 

 mouth Fair September 2Stb, 27th and 28th. They took first prize, 

 and were the best looking potatoes in the building This is a 

 feather in your cap. Your seeds are A No. 1." 



N. II. Somerville. Duxbury. Vt.: "I planted 1% acres of the 

 Polaris Potatoes this year, cultivated cheaply, and harvested 

 425 bushels of as nice potatoes as ever grew. We call them the 

 best table potato the year round we ever had, besides being the 

 earliest. Sonic of our neighbors who planted later varieties on 

 equally as good land did not get enough to pay for harvesting." 



