1742 Will of John Savage in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond (1915) III. 115 I Give to my Dear and Loving Wife..Ground..for to plant one bushel of Seed pertators.
1848 12 Aug. 2/2 After the..seed potato is planted, each of its eyes sends up a shoot to the surface.
1901 1419/2 The seed Potatoes are cut to one eye, and dropped about 12 to 15 in. apart.
2010 Feb. 76/2 Buy your early variety seed potatoes now.