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Vegetables

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Poor Potato, Cross Section, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1374
Scope and Contents

Illustration of two cross sections of a poor quality potato showing the 'small cortical layer and large thick internal medullary layer.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Potatoes from Scabbed and Clean Sets, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1381
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two sets of potato crops, one from sets that were badly scabbed (not boxed before planting) and the other from sets that were fairly clean (boxed before planting) showing the effect of scab on the growth and height of the plants. The experiment was done in 1914.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Potatoes Growing, R H Ross's Farm, Collie, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1434
Scope and Contents

Photograph of men in a field farming potatoes on R H Ross's Farm in Collie in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Vegetable Foods Compared, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2040
Scope and Contents

Table illustrating the figures comparing Wolff's average standard with several constituents of common foods and their nutritive rations to show how there is a majority of vegetalbe foods have a marked deficiency in proteid and fat with a corresponding excess of carbohydrates.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Wart Diseased Potatoes, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1414
Scope and Contents

Photograph of wart diseased potatoes both on the stalk and off with the root system below.

Dates: 1870s-1930s