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Page 369
... potato , like that of wheat and corn , was unknown . Since his time , however , 1812 , the home of the potato as being in the southern part of South America , the mountains of La Plata , and even the low islands of the Patagonian ...
... potato , like that of wheat and corn , was unknown . Since his time , however , 1812 , the home of the potato as being in the southern part of South America , the mountains of La Plata , and even the low islands of the Patagonian ...
Page 370
... potato - apples to his master , saying : " Are these the fine fruit from America that you praised so highly ? " Sir ... potato was thus fortunately rescued , but for a century after was only regarded as a curi- osity . Sir Robert ...
... potato - apples to his master , saying : " Are these the fine fruit from America that you praised so highly ? " Sir ... potato was thus fortunately rescued , but for a century after was only regarded as a curi- osity . Sir Robert ...
Page 372
... potato , now called the " sweet potato . " It belongs to a very different fam- ily - the Convolvulacea , or twining vines . It has received three different names in as many genera : Convolvulus Batatas by Lin- næus , Batatas edulis by ...
... potato , now called the " sweet potato . " It belongs to a very different fam- ily - the Convolvulacea , or twining vines . It has received three different names in as many genera : Convolvulus Batatas by Lin- næus , Batatas edulis by ...
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Alfred Tennyson Poet Laureate | 17 |
John W Durst | 33 |
On Foot in Tlascala | 46 |
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