THE POTATO.
Lord Rosebery is amazed at discovery that the , general body of , the Scottish people did not. know the potato until about the time of , the '45, But an Edinburgh contemporary recalls that the potato had to live down pretty much the same prejudice as the tomato. When potatoes began to be used in England the common people fought shy of them . because they thought them poisonous," and ; that tljey produced j leprosy and fevers ! True blue Scottish Presbyterians would not have them because the potato Was not .mentioned in the Bible! In 1743 Matklonald ot Oanranald gave Ms tenants some seed potatoes, which he made theiw plant. When' the 'crop was ready,' they brought it to Claiiranaid's door, and told him htf jwas welcome to eat these "detestable" roots" himself, for. they wouldn't.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10547, 1 February 1912, Page 4
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135THE POTATO. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10547, 1 February 1912, Page 4
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