The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-10
RADIsmEs AND THE PYRAMIDS.
Pharaoh spent II Good sized Fortune
Importing Them TO Feed His La
bOrcFs,

iHhFNoh Npenf n Goou sized Fortune
Importing Them TO Feed His La
borcrs.
New York. Dec. Slow many house,
keepers picking over the vegetables on
the stall knows anything about them?'
asked contcmpative customer OF
friend, as he watched his green grocer hlI
small measure with potatoes.
Lots of them" promptly replied the
other markcter. WHY here are che POI
tatoes in my hand. for Instance. They
are native American. ! guess Sir Walter
Raleigh"
II guess he never ate one, for In his day
they Were not considered fit to eat. They
went TO Europe from the hills of South
America and a strange matter OF fact
when YOU come to think of II is that in the
United states, where barring "A few sec
tons, vegetables grow i'm greater abund-
auce and beauty than any other part OF
the world, none save maize and he ground
ariichokes are native products"
Nonsense" ejaeatated the amazed YAM
kee.
NO nonsense about it," continued the
contemplative customer, Europe. Asia.
Africa and South America are all more
richly endowed thau We, ] used 10 think
the watermelon was ours but bless you!
the North African tribes grew the big.
juicy fellows and gave us our nrst seed.
As TO the muskmelon, Il Is a vegetable Of
such ancient lineage that like the cabbage
and lettuce nobody knows just who were
their first wild progenitors. The melon
at any rate came our of Persia as u de-
veloped table delicacy. while The Adam OF
the cabbage family Is agreed by botanists
TO have louushcd way pack there IN Gen.
trail asia where they say the Caucasau
race came from The Romans ate cab
a 10.
are nearly as many varieties OF this sturdy
old green goods as there are diiferens
races of men
There Is onOther Roman dcllcacy," con-
iinued che customer, poin ng o a OK OF
beets. They DO say that The Greek ph +
osophcrs thought a dish Of bo2ed beets.
served up with sali and oil. great q
10 mental exercise. For my part though,
/ do know "A vcbegtalle that should ! q
prouder Of as fam ~ his DRY than he rad
ish Radlshes crme from China, but
scientific journal the other day announce
cd the discovery. from translation %
Egyptian haroglypdcs. that Pharaoh fed
his pyramid bulidels on fadlshcs He even
went 50 far as 70 spend nineteen hundred
silver Tents IN order 10 rega his ma ons
with the crisp and spicy root. Again, IL
you read the cid testament carefully, you
win be sure 20 come across the announce
M nj thai in Egypt the children Of Israel
ate moons, beets, onions and garlic and
evident Y. IN travelling through the wilder
ness, Moses lad a great deal Of Difficult "
In persuad ng them TO cease yearning alter
taese Egypt an dalntes.
'Bes des The ne ems and peaches and Re-
raninms," continued the RarruI0us customs
err, 70 all Of which we have to fhank pro-
: ductlVe Persia. water cress comes from
! her valleys and brooks and she taught the
world how 10 grow aud head lettuce. How
lever. the Roman g5urmands who adopted
Eath hoe sol stH, at,H
sringed beams that their gardeners found
growing Ia France and South Germany.
| and cucumbers were as popular with them
as with the Jews and Egyptians.
ITO Arabia honor Is due TO the burr
| artichoke. They ate II for liver dificul-
| tles-and as a matter OF fact there Is no
| vegetable 30 good for men and women
| who lead sedantary life just al carrots,
| that grew FIRST in Belgium, are an admira-
| bic tonic for the complexion spinach for
| the blood, potatoes for the hair and celery
| for the nerves. Rhubarb they say was
never known until the fifteenth century,
| when the Russians found Il on the banks
| Of the Noga, and II you will believe ID
the only European people that appreciates
the egg plant as we do are the Turks.
North Africa first produced this fruit:
In France il IS eaten raw often as not
aud in obstinate England they only use ii
for decoration. However, the potato had
/ to make a desperate struggle for POPULAR
/ ity and Tor nearly century after II was
| imported and grown In Europe nobody
! could be persuaded 20 touch It. Finally
| Parmentier gave Il a boom that In two
centuries has not In the least diminished,
aud twice this htfle tuber has saved Eu-
rope from. what promised to be "a cruel
! famine" Whercupon the customer hur-
! ried off down the street leaving the green
grocer staring az his stock Ct truck with
refreshing expression Of pride and In
terest M. A.