 | 1832 - 412 Seiten
...be sown in February ; and, as if its character had not been generally known, it is added — that " the root is very near the nature of the Jerusalem artichoke, although not so good and wholesome, but that it may prove good for swine." In the Complete Gardener, by the eminent nurserymen, Loudon and... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - 1832 - 416 Seiten
...be sown in February ; and, as if its character had not been generally known, it is added — that " the root is very near the nature of the Jerusalem artichoke, although not so good and wholesome, but that it may prove good for swine." In the Complete Gardener, by the eminent nurserymen, London and... | |
 | 1849 - 618 Seiten
...even so late as 1708 we find the potato thus noticed in ' Mortimer's Gardeners' Calendar,' ' as a root very near the nature of the Jerusalem artichoke, although not so good and wholesome, but that it may prove good for swine.' "The following analysis, by M. Braconnet, a French chemist, will... | |
 | William Rhind - 1841 - 756 Seiten
...to be sown in February; and, as if its character had not been generally known, 2 x it is added, that "the root is very near the nature of the Jerusalem...artichoke, although not so good and wholesome, but that it may prove good for swine." In the Complete Gardener, by the eminent nurserymen, Loudon and... | |
 | 1844 - 276 Seiten
...of it with contempt. In a Gardener'sCalendar for 1708, the root is described as resembling in nature the Jerusalem artichoke, " although not so good and wholesome, but it may prove good for swine." In Bradley's extensive works on horticulture, published rather later, a slight notice of the potato is... | |
 | 1849 - 638 Seiten
...as 1708 we find the potato thus noticed in 'Mortimer's Gardeners' Calendar,' ' as a root very маг the nature of the Jerusalem artichoke, although not so good and wholesome, but that it may prove good for ewine.' "The following analysis, by M. Braconnet, a French chemist, will... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - 1853 - 432 Seiten
...impression in its favour ; and the author of a Gardeners' Calendar, published in 1708, observes of it "that the root is very near the nature of the Jerusalem artichoke, although not so good and wholesome, but that it may prove good for swine." Ignorance of the mode of cultivating, and even of cooking it, may... | |
 | 1854 - 528 Seiten
...Gardener's Kalendar for 1708 says : " The root is yery near the nature of the Jerusalem Artishoke, although not so good and wholesome ; but it may prove good for swine. In 1699, Evelyn said, " Plant potatoes in your poorest land," implying that they were undeserving of the... | |
 | Henry Letheby - 1872 - 290 Seiten
...Spanish batatas (the sweet potato) ; and in Mortimer's Gardeners' Kalendar for 1708 it is stated that "the root is very near the nature of the Jerusalem...and wholesome ; but it may prove good for swine." More than ten years afterwards Bradley, a great authority in horticulture at that time, said of them... | |
 | Mrs. Beeton (Isabella Mary) - 1888 - 1882 Seiten
...will not pass them by in silence." In Mortimer's " Garden Kalendar," published 1708, we are told " the root is very near the nature of the Jerusalem...good and wholesome, but it may prove good for swine." 1517. Popula-r prejudice.— In Count Rumford's very interesting and instructive book on " Food," written... | |
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February ; and, as if its character had not been generally known, it is added — that " the root is very near the nature of the Jerusalem artichoke, although not so good and wholesome, but that it may prove good for swine. 