SC - Period Potatoes

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Chanda Shaffer wrote:

> > 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.?

As far as I know, they were grown as a novelty and accepted as just
that: a novelty. Their humdrum appearance would presumably have been
compensated for by their exotic nature.

Adamantius
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