The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29

potato. Another tier, d escribing.
the esculents of Virginia, says that the
l,potato#root is thick, fat and 3tuherous,
not differing much in shape from the
sweet potato, seXcept tina tSthe roots arc
notss SO "A gren or long, while some & OF
them arc round as 4 a ball. and others
are-oVal, in the egg fas h!on. /" OF which
the knobbie5 rootes are fastened with
an infinite numb r of 8threddie strings
III Earl " in the seventeenth century Ra-
Heights plantation OF pota toes had been
repeated all K over Ireland; ~ butyatho
farmers o q England, moved by stub
born prejudice, and possibl y in part by
jealousy, decided that they Would d have
tEnothing to d o with the tub er. Shake
| spenre5 ma kcss F'alstaff ina CINE tina the
lheavens5are raining potatoes upon him
IAN ! mag ination which could hardly
have lightful, unless the pota-
4 toesSretained# their riginal small size.
/ TWAS as late as the time OF Charles
lis ertainlys t. wa s after the Crom-
wellian episode. before the potato got
any fair hold IN English soil. VI
Gilbert White, writing IL IL IT'S, says
\ that potatoes had prevailed In his dis
strcts for about twenty y ears; and that
$this had been brought bout only by
means Of premiums.' ,.but that potatoes
/ We're then m uch est eemed by the poorer
Epeople, who would scarcely have Yen-
/ tured to fast Is t tn EN- in the previous
\ rel gn.s Ano tn ers writer speaks of them
a as "a rather que stionable product-Apos-
4 stbly$t to become human f cd, although
4 rather fla tulent and acid for he human
stoma CHI d HI recommends boiling
A such a combination would keep soul
Y and body to gether for hose fwho are
too poor8to get4anything better. It is
i probable that the storage of this escu-
sIlent was very little Understood, and
d SO, being left In the light after d igging
Il they Became continuously less and less
Il suitable for ood. 5.i } ST. H
1.-THE storyEof the introductlo ion OF the
4 potato into France has been OF ten told
4 The country p e ople were so convinced
4 of the poisono US nature OF the tubel
a ythat&ithey would not givefsit a trial
u Its friends were actually mo bed fol
y trying t q introduc a! food tina t would
B poison the Speop pie. & T 9 story goes II
81 two ways. # One Of these tells us thai
Il King 5Louis -XIV wore potato b blossom!
s|lnFhisS buttonhole,# and had 20 tatoes OF
4 his royal TAB lie. 55 until # they became
4 ular with the aristocrattc classes
II Another story rec cunts Al ow a. cele,
u brated s$8 nhys cian and IN lillian thropis
n planted a7fiald Of 5 potatoes. d bout 5whiol
4 he placed a guard, Il with instruction.
4 4 q low Just as much tl1leving Al
J possible. The poorer people, believing
h a sveget able that deserved such watch
#1;ful care must be OF great ue, stoll
& nearly the s3wll ole Of them. 81 Tn TIL Is wa,
their pref Ice was owe re inc, and A !,
IVA liable escul lent ad led II to their q e
81 stary. The 4 planting In Ireland wen
on SO exten sively that Co bbett "a eclaret
4 twas destined q to grul q the Nvh q g oun
\ try. The people were turning asid,
from other sarti q les lof food so generally
BEtotheS tlre sof he otato Il hat Wlle,
4 Che rot iset e in he VI starve This rot
(which ID 50 very ID d1cult to contro
y even a TIL the present Il day. p,ead 81
n over Roland Just fore the intdd la q
Il til oil nlnete enth cen fury. Th "A ~ h 81
Il world came tn g n HEcrue with ship
I Iloads OF 4 cereal :, n and yet u was on,
II offSthe grea test NJ d lsastera that H eve
overwh lei med an A nat Il on. Il q SisE. si
4 he sweet pa ta to mus not Be unde r
stood as5 being q Scl os An ella ton Of til?
oommor otat II, salon 81 tll
nornir fam tlich mus
s$rl ore ntabl oyysTs an sfo
!ssstsE y 9ss