Archive image from page 405 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 1418 POTATO gravy, and oaten meal. The composition of tlie iotato varies widely. Au uverago oE I'M analyses is as follows: Water. Ash. .Protein. Starch. Fai. « « « Potatoes 78 1 18 .1 Oatmeal 2 (
Archive image from page 405 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 1418 POTATO gravy, and oaten meal. The composition of tlie iotato varies widely. Au uverago oE I'M analyses is as follows: Water. Ash. .Protein. Starch. Fai. « « « Potatoes 78 1 18 .1 Oatmeal 2 ( 7 1 Graham Hour The nutritive ratio of wheat is 1 to , almost per- fect; thatof Potatoes 1 to , entirely too wide. Many foods, in tliL-ir uuiiiral slate, as Potatoes, are more or less diii. i. : I in i; ;tHi:il matter. Notable among these are ri«r in i \ :i ilimrâthe former containing but per I. i i iHir per cent of ash. Nniw ii I 1 ill 1 _ r;ict that the Potato alone forms an uulj:>l;iiiii-a it is used more universally as a food than any other esculent vegetable in localities adapted to its growth. Potatoes contain a small amount of a somewhat poisonous substance. When exposed to the direct rays of the sun for some time and 'greened,' the deleterious substance is so greatly increased that the water in which they are boiled is not infrequently used to destroy vermin ou domestic animals. In any case the water in which Potatoes are cooked should not be used in the preparation of other foods. There are many hundreil of Potatoes. New Tarietiesare constantly supplanting tlie old ones. As new varieties are usually produced under superior con- ditions, when they are placed in field culture and under more difficult conditions they tend to degenerate. Old varieties which have 'run out' often find their way into a locality where conditions are superior. Here their vahiable qualities may be restored or even incr
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