Published 1828
by Printed for William Blackwood ...; and T. Cadell ...; J.M. Richardson ...; and J. Ridgway & Son ..., London ... in Edinburgh .
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Edition Notes
Fisher copy: Bound with 2 others.
| Statement | by the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, bart.. |
| The Physical Object | |
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| Pagination | xiv, 63, [1], 32 p., 6 leaves of plates : |
| Number of Pages | 63 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL21493505M |
COVID Resources. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID) is available from the World Health Organization (current situation, international travel).Numerous and frequently-updated resource results are available from this ’s WebJunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. OCLC Number: Notes: Cover title. Description: 30 pages: illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents: Propagation by sets: the plant bed ; Period of growth of sets ; Amount and character of sweet potatoes used for seeds --Propagation by vine cuttings --Soil, character and preparation --Transplanting: Labor-saving transplanters ; Distance between plants --Cultivation --Manuring --Harvesting and. There are umpteen uses of potatoes, from cooking to skin care. The king of vegetables is the most liked vegetables in every part of the world. Moreover, there are many unusual facts about potatoes, which you might not be aware of. This article will list down the unusual facts about potatoes, uses of sweet potato and healthy potato recipes. The potato was first domesticated in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia between and BC. Cultivation of potatoes in South America may go b years, but tubers do not preserve well in the archaeological record, making identification difficult. The earliest archaeologically verified potato tuber remains have been found at the coastal site of.
Potatoes are still being used in many of the biggest industries in the world, including wood, paper, textile and use potatoes for their starch content and adhesive extraction. Starch is used for making paper and cloth stiff, while the wood industry uses the adhesive content to bind different layers of wood together and make them stronger. The popular tuber had been cultivated by the Incas in Peru going all the way back to 5,, B.C. Used not only for eating, potatoes were an integral part of Incan culture. Potatoes are starchy, tuberous vegetables from the nightshade family. They can’t be eaten raw, but luckily, there are tons of ways you can prepare them. Let’s start with the most familiar type first. 1. Russet Potatoes. These are the medium to large, light brown skinned potatoes that most people use to make baked potatoes and mashed potatoes. In , the Board of Agriculture issued a pamphlet entitled "Hints Respecting the Culture and Use of Potatoes"; this was followed shortly by pro-potato editorials and potato recipes in The Times. Gradually, the lower classes began to follow the lead of the upper classes.
The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, and the plant itself, a perennial in the family Solanaceae.. Wild potato species, originating in modern-day Peru, can be found throughout the Americas, from the United States to southern Chile. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by indigenous peoples of the Americas. The potato is a highly important crop with a variety of uses. On the average, its tubers contain percent water and percent dry matter, including percent starch, percent sugars, 1–2 percent proteins, and about 1 percent mineral salts. Early sweet potato pudding recipes, such as the one found in the first American cookbook,American Cookery( ) by Amelia Simmons features a recipe for potato pudding** that is similar to our contemporary recipe for candied sweet potato with marshmallows. It includes mashed sweet potatoes, milk, nutmeg, and egg whites. Received: 11 June, Accepted: 17 September, Invited Review Fruit, Vegetable and Cereal Science and Biotechnology © Global Science Books Potato in Vitro Culture Techniques and Biotechnology Dragan Vinterhalter 1* •Ivana Dragievi 2 Branka Vinterhalter 1 1 Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stankovi, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
