The Potato Book
Seiten
2024
Bodleian Library (Verlag)
978-1-85124-623-6 (ISBN)
Bodleian Library (Verlag)
978-1-85124-623-6 (ISBN)
A charming guide to the potato, first published in 1918, covering everything from practical advice on how to grow potatoes to their origins and history.
‘Everybody who possibly can ought to grow potatoes…’
First published towards the end of the First World War, this charming little book is a love letter to the potato, from its origins in South America, to Sir Francis Drake’s travels, the Irish potato famine and the great potato boom of 1903 when the ‘Eldorado’ changed hands at eye-watering prices.
Filled with practical advice which, much of which still holds true today, The Potato Book was written to advocate growing potatoes as a cheap and effective crop against a background of spiralling costs and food shortages. Chapters cover soil preparation, methods of propagating, chitting, planting, earthing-up and recommended varieties from King Edward to Kerr’s Pink. It also describes, with handy diagrams, how to guard against common pests and diseases.
With a witty and wonderful introduction by Kathy Clugston, this is the perfect gift for vegetable growers, allotment enthusiasts or anyone with enduring affection for the humble spud.
‘Everybody who possibly can ought to grow potatoes…’
First published towards the end of the First World War, this charming little book is a love letter to the potato, from its origins in South America, to Sir Francis Drake’s travels, the Irish potato famine and the great potato boom of 1903 when the ‘Eldorado’ changed hands at eye-watering prices.
Filled with practical advice which, much of which still holds true today, The Potato Book was written to advocate growing potatoes as a cheap and effective crop against a background of spiralling costs and food shortages. Chapters cover soil preparation, methods of propagating, chitting, planting, earthing-up and recommended varieties from King Edward to Kerr’s Pink. It also describes, with handy diagrams, how to guard against common pests and diseases.
With a witty and wonderful introduction by Kathy Clugston, this is the perfect gift for vegetable growers, allotment enthusiasts or anyone with enduring affection for the humble spud.
John Clark Newsham (d. 1927) was the author of several books on horticulture. Kathy Clugston is a freelance broadcaster from Belfast. She has been hosting the world’s longest-running gardening programme Gardeners’ Question Time on BBC Radio 4 since 2019. She also presents a weekly Arts programme on BBC Radio Ulster and writes a monthly column for the Ulster Tatler.
Introduction
1. What we owe to the potato
2. Where the potato thrives
3. How to propagate the potato
4. Importance of good seed
5. All about disease-resisting varieties
6. The art of planting potatoes
7. How to raise early potatoes
8. Hints about grading and packing
9. Diseases and pests
10. Feeding potatoes to live stock
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Kathy Clugston |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 110 x 170 mm |
| Gewicht | 232 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85124-623-1 / 1851246231 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85124-623-6 / 9781851246236 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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