SC - cuskynoles, continued...
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Wed Oct 29 06:02:06 PST 1997
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Chanda Shaffer wrote:
>
> greetings to the list,
> I have seen this written on the lists many times now
> > They began to be grown as a novelty in various European
> >court gardens.
> >
> My question is this: Were the potatoes that were grown as a court
> garden novelty more decorative than the modern varieties. I have a hard
> time picturing modern potatoes and tomatoes decorating anything but a
> kitchen garden. None of the nightshade family is anthing much to look
> at-all things considered.?
> thanks!
>
> Ivy~
>
I think it may in part be a case of 'look what I got. You don't have
this, but I do, so my garden is better than yours.' These plants where
new, from 'newly' discovered lands and rare. That made them worth while
no matter their looks. I read somewhere (sorry, I'm at work, books at
home) that potatoes where used as vines on trelleses and arches,
Isobel fitz Gilbert
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