EXTRA EARLY CRUSADER. 
% 
A FIRST 
EARLY 
WHITE 
POTATO. 
GOOD 
CROPPER. 
FINE EATER. 
EXTRA 
EARLY. 
There is a common belief that early potatoes are not as profitable to grow as late ones. 
This is undoubtedly true of many varieties, but could hardly apply to the 
EARLY CRUSADER 
S a lule, a potato which matures in six weeks yields only about half as much as a later potato, which requires 
r-\ twelve weeks to ripen. We know of some late potatoes which will produce more than the Early Crusader, 
but do not know of one which will produce double, or anywhere near it. We don’t know of any extra early 
potato which will outyield the Extra Early Crusader, and no potato can command a higher price, for it catches 
the early market, and is handsome enough to hold its own against all competition. 
HISTORY AND 
DESCRIPTION...*,*,* 
The EXTRA EARLY CRUSADER 
is a cross between the Polaris and Early 
Harvest, and resembles both parents in 
color and shape, though slightly longer 
than the Early Harvest, has shallow 
eyes, and the fine eating qualities of the 
Polaris. 
It ripens with the earliest 
varieties,*,*,* 
During two years in which we have 
carefully watched its characteristics, we 
have been surprised with its apparent 
natural vigor. 
It often happens that early potatoes «£ dt 
set heavier than they should, and the short season allowed for maturing produces a large number of small, 
unmarketable tubers, and especially in light soil. This has always been the great trouble with the Freeman 
potato. The EARLY CRUSADER is particularly free from this objection, and may be depended upon 
for a good crop of MARKETABLE tubers, even under adverse conditions. 
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